Repress
[rɪ'pres] or [rɪ'prɛs]
Definition
(verb.) block the action of.
(verb.) put down by force or intimidation; 'The government quashes any attempt of an uprising'; 'China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently'; 'The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land'.
Checker: Merle--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To press again.
(v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
(v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
(n.) The act of repressing.
Checker: Osbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Suppress, subdue, crush, quell, overpower, overcome, put down.[2]. Restrain, check, curb, bridle, control, chasten, rein in, sober down.
Typed by Hiram
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Crush, quell, subdue, check, restrain, curb, overpower, mitigate, damp, calm,control
ANT:Raise, rouse, excite, agitate, aggravate, foment, intensify, foster, encourage,stimulate, incite, fan
Checked by John
Definition
v.t. to restrain quell—also n.—ns. Repress′er -or.—adj. Repress′ible that may be restrained.—adv. Repress′ibly.—n. Repres′sion act of repressing.—adj. Repress′ive tending or able to repress.—adv. Repress′ively.
v.t. to press a second time.—n. Repress′ing-machine′ a machine for making pressed bricks: a press for compressing cotton bales.
Typist: Virginia
Examples
- Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yes, ultimately, said Mrs. Garth, who having a special dislike to fine words on ugly occasions, could not now repress an epigram. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As she drew nearer I could not repress a wild cry of elation, for upon her bows I saw the device of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But Louisa spoils it all by trying to repress him and put herself forward. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I had been struggling with tears for some time: I had taken great pains to repress them, because I knew he would not like to see me weep. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Jessie, curb that tongue of yours, and repress your forwardness! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For it is this that the Commission proposes to repress, and ultimately to annihilate. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Jo's face was very sober, but her eyes twinkled, and there was an odd sound in her voice of repressed emotion of some sort. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was hurt and angry; but repressed herself in consideration of his suffering, and of his being her brother's friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He would have thought, even if there were no such design as that, had he brought him there to play with his repressed emotions, and torment him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The repressed child said, Yes, I do, miss, and continued to stir the fire perfunctorily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My feelings will not be repressed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The middle ages carefully repressed the minds of men, and hid away in dark recesses the instruments of learning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But I am sorry to say that Fred was under some difficulty in repressing a laugh, which would have been more unsuitable than his father's snuff-box. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is repressing symptoms favourable to the fit when she seems to take alarm at something and vanishes down the stairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Please remember me, said Dorothea, repressing a rising sob. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Repressing an indignant look, indicative of anything but a disposition to excuse him, Silas pursues his point. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At this unexpectedly repressing manner in her lover the girl seemed to repress herself also. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Had she not been repressing everything in herself except the desire to enter into some fellowship with her husband's chief interests? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The lesson which he thus receives, makes him cautious; he leaves politics, represses his pride, and saves pence. Plato. The Republic.
- They become dangerous to a nation when it denies them, thwarts them and represses them so long that they burst out and become dominant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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