repress
11repress — [[t]rɪpre̱s[/t]] represses, repressing, repressed 1) VERB If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. [V n] People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares... [V n] It is anger that is… …
12repress — verb ADVERB ▪ barely ▪ She could barely repress a sigh of relief. ▪ brutally, harshly, violently ▪ The organized opposition has been brutally repressed …
13repress — UK [rɪˈpres] / US verb [transitive] Word forms repress : present tense I/you/we/they repress he/she/it represses present participle repressing past tense repressed past participle repressed 1) a) to prevent yourself from showing a feeling I… …
14repress — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French represser, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, from re + premere to press more at press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to check by or as if by pressure ; curb <… …
15repress — re·press ri pres vt 1) to exclude from consciousness <repress conflicts> 2) to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site …
16repress — re|press [ rı pres ] verb transitive 1. ) to prevent yourself from showing a feeling: I couldn t repress my curiosity. Repressing an impulse to laugh out loud, she thanked him and walked out. a ) to refuse to admit that you have a particular… …
17repress — verb 1》 subdue by force. 2》 restrain, prevent, or inhibit. ↘suppress (a thought, feeling, or desire) in oneself so that it becomes or remains unconscious. 3》 Biology prevent the transcription of (a gene). Derivatives represser noun… …
18repress — verb (T) 1 to stop yourself expressing a feeling: I could hardly repress my laughter. 2 to control a group of people by force compare suppress (1) …
19repress — repressible, adj. /ri pres /, v.t. 1. to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.). 2. to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable). 3. to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.). 4. to reduce… …
20repress — 1. noun The act of repressing. 2. verb a) To press again. b) To prevent forcefully an upheaval from developing further …
