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repressed

[ri-prest] / rɪˈprɛst /








ADJECTIVE
smothered
Synonyms




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Authoritarian leaders have historically repressed their opponents without much concern for even the appearance of due process.

From New York Times

The Amos track is an apt choice for framing some of the prevailing themes of the series, delineating between the boring and repressed “cornflake girls” and the more thrilling “raisin girls,” who are freethinkers.

From New York Times

“There’s that kind of depressed, repressed rigorous constraint that we insist on living under,” Nighy said, of traditional Englishmen.

From New York Times

And he grieves his mother, Princess Diana, with his repressed recollections unlocked by therapy and a whiff of First by Van Cleef & Arpels.

From New York Times

Now we’re all getting more than 30 years of repressed response in one big lump.

From Los Angeles Times