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Definition repressed in British English

repressed adjective

adjective
/rɪˈprest/
1

someone who is repressed has strong feelings that they do not show or that they refuse to admit that they have

Example

He had been raised in a very repressed Victorian family.

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1.1

used about people's emotions

Example

repressed anger/guilt

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Definition repressed in British English