1
: subjected to or marked by repression
2
: characterized by restraint
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a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect
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Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.
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Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
As her mother attempts to keep them apart, Tita pours all of her repressed feelings into her sumptuous cooking.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
But as her isolation deepens and her repressed desires fester, Pearl’s mental state begins to unravel—and there are consequences for such frustration.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
People were waiting for roughly an hour and a half, and parking was extremely limited; this created a sense of repressed frustration in the air.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
As her mother attempts to keep them apart, Tita pours all of her repressed feelings into her sumptuous cooking.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
But as her isolation deepens and her repressed desires fester, Pearl’s mental state begins to unravel—and there are consequences for such frustration.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
People were waiting for roughly an hour and a half, and parking was extremely limited; this created a sense of repressed frustration in the air.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Repressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repressed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest 
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
2
: characterized by a keeping in check
Medical Definition
repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
repressed anger
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