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repressed

adjective as in pent-up

adjective as in silenced

adjective as in smothered

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adjective as in subconscious

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“Civil society groups that should be playing a crucial role in holding governments accountable have been sidelined or repressed,” he said.

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Jones adds that when he first picked up the novel Interview with the Vampire, "it seemed to me what I was reading was this really repressed and really messy love story."

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In a sign of how repressed it was, it was never actually performed live with all of the MCs together.

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We have to sublimate a lot of emotions into our sports teams because we’re repressed.

It’s a performance full of repressed bitterness, and the pain comes through most clearly once Vicente recognizes that his kids will grow out of their unquestioned adoration for their old man.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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