'pent-up repressed' definitions:
Definition of 'pent-up repressed'
From: GCIDE
- inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
- 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited. [Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved, restrained. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily. [PJC]