repress
[verb]
Synonyms:
- inhibit, bottle up, check, control, curb, hold back, restrain, stifle, suppress
- subdue, quell, subjugate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧press /rɪˈpres/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of reprimere 'to press back', from premere; ⇒ press²]

1. to stop yourself from doing something you want to do:
Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.
I repressed a smile.

2. if someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them:
He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.

3. to control a group of people by force ⇒ suppress, oppress:
The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

repress
verb
ADV. firmly feelings that had been firmly repressed
barely She could barely repress a sigh of relief.
VERB + REPRESS try to | be unable to

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲