Antonyms for repressed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-prest

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈprɛst

Definition of repressed

Origin : 1660s, past participle adjective from repress (v.). Psychological sense by 1904.

verb keep back, hold in

Example sentences :

Grant repressed an impulse to shout, and used the breath for an extra burst of speed.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

She was exactly the same as when they had parted, just as handsome, just as scornful, just as repressed.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

But Rawson knew that that slim body was tense with repressed emotion.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Imagine “swell up” from Sandford, the repressed and decorous!
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

She repressed a violent gesture, for her patience was deserting her.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Juve repressed any sign of the satisfaction this declaration gave him.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Again he repressed a gesture of despair—six thousand francs!
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

And now the sense of gratefulness cannot longer be repressed.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

It was with difficulty that I repressed the desire to tell him he was quite welcome.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for repressed

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