Synonyms for repressed
re·pressed

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1. pent-up, repressedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   pent-up

   Antonyms:
   uninhibited

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1. List of paraphrases for "repressed":

   oppressed, suppressed, pent-up, punishable, quelled, stifled, punished

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How to use repressed in a sentence?

1. Dexter Scott King:

   Do you ever see people buy cars that they can't even begin to buy in terms of their income? You've seen people riding around in Cadillacs and Chryslers who don't earn enough to have a good T-Model Ford. But it feeds a repressed ego.

2. Alan Watts:

   There is always something taboo, something repressed, un-admitted, or just glimpsed quickly out of the corner of one’s eye because a direct look is too unsettling. Taboos lie within taboos, like the skin of an onion.

3. Bob Cousy:

   I had this in my subconscious, of not having done enough for Russ, it had been repressed. Something had brought it out.

4. Antony Blinken:

   We support the right of people everywhere, whether it's in China, whether it's Iran, whether it's anyplace else, to protest peacefully, to make known their views, to vent their frustrations, and as that's repressed in one way or another in any given country, we speak out against it. We stand up against it and we take action against it.

5. Yolande Bouka:

   Dissent is very violently and swiftly repressed by the government, therefore the likelihood of protests as we saw in Burundi and Burkina Faso or even Senegal a few years ago is quite unlikely.