1
: subjected to or marked by repression
2
: characterized by restraint
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a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect
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july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Wimbledon is a tournament that brings those repressed emotions to the fore, win or lose.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 July 2025
My zeal for these stories concealed a repressed envy toward the convert, her fulfilled fantasy of belonging.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Wimbledon is a tournament that brings those repressed emotions to the fore, win or lose.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Most recently, protests about Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died after being taken into police custody for not wearing a headscarf, were brutally repressed.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for repressed
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“Repressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repressed. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest 
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
2
: characterized by a keeping in check
Medical Definition
repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
repressed anger
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