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Repressed Common

Repressed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of repress

2

Pressed again.

Adjective
1

characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

"her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"

"a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"

"their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"

"repressed rage turned his face scarlet"

2

Subjected to repression.

Example Sentences
"her severe upbringing had left her inhibited" adjective
"a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease" adjective
"their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions" adjective
"repressed rage turned his face scarlet" adjective
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Rhyming Words
sed used rised tased assed hosed cased fused arsed lysed bused wised based nosed posed eased losed mused dosed lapsed
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