repressed
/ɹɪˈpɹɛst/
repressed is the simple past and past participle of repress.
Adjective
repressed (comparative more repressed, superlative most repressed)
- Subjected to repression.
- repressed homosexuality
- repressed people
- Showing the suppression of emotions or impulses.
Meaning of repress
Verb (1)
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- to repress rebellion or sedition
- To check; to keep back.
- Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 37, lines 542–544
Verb (2)
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- To press again.
- to repress a vinyl record
Verb
IPA/ɹiˈpɹɛst/
repressed
Forms of repressed
| comparative | more repressed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most repressed |
Origin of repressed
From repress + -ed.
From re- + pressed.
Words formed from repressed
- hyperrepressed
- nonrepressed
- repressedly
- repressed memory
- unrepressed
Words that rhyme with repressed
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- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
- unstressed
Questions about repressed
- What does repressed mean?
- Repressed means subjected to repression.
- What is repressed the simple past and past participle of?
- Repressed is the simple past and past participle of repress.
- What part of speech is repressed?
- Repressed can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce repressed?
- Repressed is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɹɛst/.
Words near repressed in the dictionary
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