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pent

[pent] / pɛnt /
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 sick
WEAK
bedfast bedridden bottled-up 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
cramped
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crowded narrow packed small tiny
STRONG
circumscribed close confined crabbed restricted squeezed
WEAK
awkward closed in hemmed in illegible incommodious indecipherable irregular jammed in little minute tight tucked up two-by-four uncomfortable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
big broad-minded empty enormous generous huge large
WEAK
free open uncongested uncramped uncrowded uninhibited unobstructed
ADJECTIVE
narrow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cramped definite limited precarious precise slender slim small thin tight
STRONG
attenuated circumscribed close compressed confining constricted contracted exclusive fine fixed near pinched scant scanty select set shrunken spare strait taper tapered tapering
WEAK
determinate exiguous incapacious linear meager paltry threadlike
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fat free giving imprecise indefinite inexact loose open strong unlimited
STRONG
away far poor thick unfixed
WEAK
accepting broad broad-minded generous liberal spendthrift tolerant unconfined unrestricted wasting wide

Example Sentences

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Aswan remembers taking her driving theory test: "I got so pent up about passing it first time that when I failed by a couple of points I've never tried to get it back."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Having been pent up for so long, friendless and homesick, they go wild in the safety of Luna’s generic apartment, which scenic designer Tanya Orellana furnishes with makeshift graduate school touches.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

And when Anisimova’s final return of serve flew wide, Sabalenka released all of the pent up tension by sinking to her knees and weeping onto the court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2025

“Post-COVID, we got this big influx of revenge travel, where everyone’s so pent up indoors and they’re just like, ‘Get me out there,’ ” McElroy explains.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2024

The pent up horror, grief and humiliation of a lifetime—half a century—was being stripped from me.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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