Antonyms for pent up


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pent-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛntˈʌp


Definition of pent up

  • As in pent-up : adj held within
Example sentences :
  • We were pent up in the castle by the Danes till our provisions failed.
  • Extract from : « Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades » by Florence Holbrook
  • 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
  • The feelings of the soul, especially if earnest, cannot be pent up in it.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. » by E. Rameur
  • A dumb agony, pent up within himself, and longing for the darkness.
  • Extract from : « The Bird » by Jules Michelet
  • I am pent up, daddy, and I don't think I can stand it much longer.
  • Extract from : « Light O' The Morning » by L. T. Meade
  • I recognized that in him, too, intense excitement was pent up.
  • Extract from : « Bat Wing » by Sax Rohmer
  • BOB (letting the jealousy that has been pent up for years come out at last).
  • Extract from : « First Plays » by A. A. Milne
  • Still, we had been pent up in the boat much; and then would not she be with me?
  • Extract from : « Eleven Possible Cases » by Frank R. Stockton

Synonyms for pent up

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