repressed
Example Sentences
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But seeing the show, in which two athletes enter a loving relationship, stirred repressed feelings.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
The critic James Wood decried Mr. Barnes as “a thoroughly English writer,” meaning that he is clever and pedantic and emotionally repressed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
But Abbot Joseph Mpundu, a standard bearer for the repressed 1992 protests against Mobutu's rule, takes a dim view of any rehabilitation of the ex-dictator's image.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
It’s a snap of anger, repressed and now rising to the surface.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025
There were no such memories, but how could I be sure there weren’t horrible thoughts repressed behind the barriers of my tortured conscience?
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
