Antonyms for pent

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pent

Phonetic Transcription : pɛnt

Definition of pent

Origin : "kept in, confined," 1540s, variant of penned, past participle of pen (v.2). Pent-up (also pent up) is from 1580s.

verb enclose
verb write

Example sentences :

In the burst of merriment, his pent feelings found their vent.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

What pent malice often is masked by smiling social courtesies!
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

His friend's reply came with the pent promptitude of a gun going off.
Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton

It was pent, it was dying of confinement, it was breathing with only a tithe of its tissue.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

We were pent up in the castle by the Danes till our provisions failed.
Extract from : « Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades » by Florence Holbrook

Their thoughts were all pent within the circle of this national conceit.
Extract from : « The Life of St. Paul » by James Stalker

She meant what she said, and her tears were real tears that had been pent up for weeks.
Extract from : « Democracy An American Novel » by Henry Adams

My whole soul was out in the bay, pent up with the men in the fort.
Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill

I have not been pent up under that lauristinus all these years for nothing!
Extract from : « Fifty-Two Stories For Girls » by Various

When Mrs. Price talked her voice was choked with pent opprobrium.
Extract from : « The Narrow House » by Evelyn Scott

Synonyms for pent

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