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bottled-up

ADJECTIVE
confined
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted
STRONG
bound chilled compassed cramp detained grounded hampered held hog-tied iced immured incarcerated indisposed invalided jailed pent sick
WEAK
bedfast bedridden cooped up flattened out in chains in jail incommodious laid up locked up on ice sealed up shut-in
Antonyms
STRONG
healthy well
WEAK
free liberated unlimited
ADJECTIVE
inhibited
Synonyms
STRONG
constrained frustrated guarded repressed reserved subdued withdrawn
WEAK
cold hung up passionless reticent self-conscious undemonstrative unresponsive uptight
Antonyms
STRONG
extroverted friendly outgoing sociable
WEAK
aggressive bold forward immodest self-confident
ADJECTIVE
pent-up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
repressed stifled suppressed
WEAK
bridled checked constrained curbed held in check held-back inhibited restrained restricted smothered
Antonyms
WEAK
public released
ADJECTIVE
restrained
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discreet laid-back mild muted reasonable reticent subdued tasteful unobtrusive
STRONG
chilled controlled cool moderate plain retiring shrinking steady withdrawn
WEAK
calm and collected conservative corked up in charge in check inobtrusive on a leash self-controlled soft temperate unaffable undemonstrative under control under wraps unexcessive unexpansive unextreme uptight
Antonyms
STRONGEST
communicative
STRONG
extroverted friendly outgoing
WEAK
assured bold confident

Example Sentences

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Kuwait has begun cutting production at some oil fields after running out of room to store its bottled-up crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“There’s this bottled-up energy,” he said, and once people are set loose, expenses go up because there’s a community to connect with.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Everyone might be stunned — as they were 15 years ago — at the bottled-up support and enthusiasm there is for public schools in this town.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

And so she found herself at Augustus Hawkins that day, speaking to the therapist, releasing a lifetime of bottled-up emotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2021

The tiger coming in-doors, Jay suggested, represented prison, a bottled-up wilderness within walls.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover