be repressed

Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words

Used to describe the state of having feelings or desires that are unconsciously kept from being expressed.

repressedVERB + repressed

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Examples (10)

  • Many individuals feel their true emotions are often repressed.
  • She worried that her creative impulses had been repressed for too long.
  • His frustration appeared to be repressed behind a polite smile.
  • It is considered unhealthy for strong feelings to be repressed indefinitely.
  • Historically, dissenting opinions have often been repressed by authorities.
  • Children's natural curiosity should never be repressed.
  • He felt his authentic self was repressed by strict family expectations.
  • If these traumatic memories continue to be repressed, they might surface unexpectedly.
  • Do you think your artistic aspirations are being repressed in your current job?
  • For many years, the community's cultural identity had been repressed.