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pent-up

UK/pɛnt ʌp/

pent-up adjective: not expressed.

Adjective

pent-up (comparative more pent-up, superlative most pent-up)

  1. Not expressed.
    • I remember, particularly, how, in his speech here, he referred to what his family had suffered in Kansas, without ever giving the least vent to his pent-up fire.1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown
  2. Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses.
    • He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent-up frustrations from the day.
    • It was that kind of night, full of anxiety and drama and plenty of danger, until, finally, Steven Gerrard made sure all the pent-up emotion could be released.2013 October 15, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian

pent-up meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

pent-up in Malayalam

suppressed, repressed, stifled
അടച്ചുവയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ട, കെട്ടിനിറുത്തിയ, അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ട, അടക്കപ്പെട്ട, പ്രയത, അമർത്തപ്പെട്ട

pent-up in Kannada

ತಡೆದಿಟ್ಟ, ತಡೆದಿರಿಸಿದ, ಅದುಮಿಟ್ಟ, ಬಂಧಿಸಿಟ್ಟ, ನಿರುದ್ಧ

Examples of pent-up in a sentence

  • There is a sense of some pent-up demand.2020 July 15, Tony Streeter, “Charters return to running... but in an uncertain environment”, in Rail, page 35:
  • “I believe it’s a lot of pent-up demand from the pandemic and people wanting to get out,” David Richardson, a member of the Miami Beach City Commission, said on Sunday.2021 March 22, Neil Vigdor, Michael Majchrowicz, Azi Paybarah, “Miami Beach, Overwhelmed by Spring Break, Extends Emergency Curfew”, in The...

Forms of pent-up

comparativemore pent-up
superlativemost pent-up
alternative formpent up

Origin of pent-up

From pent + up.

Questions about pent-up

What does pent-up mean?
Pent-up means not expressed.
What is pent-up in Malayalam?
Pent-up in Malayalam is അടച്ചുവയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ട, കെട്ടിനിറുത്തിയ, അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ട. See Pent-up meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use pent-up in a sentence?
There is a sense of some pent-up demand.
What part of speech is pent-up?
Pent-up is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pent-up?
Pent-up is pronounced /pɛnt ʌp/ (UK).

Words near pent-up in the dictionary

  1. pent roofs
  2. pent up
  3. pent-
  4. pent-house
  5. pent-houses
  6. pent-up
  7. Penta
  8. penta-
  9. Penta-di-Casinca
  10. penta-graphene
  11. pentaacetate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pent-up (page history and authors); pent-up (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); pent-up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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