'Repress' definitions:
Definition of 'repress'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
verb
Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]
verb
Put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
verb
Block the action of
Definition of 'Repress'
From: GCIDE
- Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repress'
From: GCIDE
- Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repress'
From: GCIDE
- Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.]
- 1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. [1913 Webster]
- Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- ban,
- bar,
- bate,
- beat down,
- black out,
- blunt,
- bottle up,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- censor,
- check,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- collect,
- compel,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cork,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- cow,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- curb,
- dam up,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampen,
- daunt,
- debar,
- delay,
- deny,
- despotize,
- detain,
- deter,
- disallow,
- discourage,
- disedge,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- draw the teeth,
- drown,
- dull,
- embargo,
- enjoin,
- enslave,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- extinguish,
- forbid,
- frustrate,
- gag,
- grind,
- grind down,
- hamper,
- henpeck,
- hinder,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interdict,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- intimidate,
- jump on,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under,
- keep under control,
- kill,
- limit,
- lock in,
- lord it over,
- maintain,
- meddle,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- obtund,
- oppose,
- oppress,
- outlaw,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- override,
- pour water on,
- preclude,
- preserve,
- press heavy on,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- proscribe,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- refuse,
- rein,
- reject,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retain,
- retard,
- retund,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- rule out,
- save,
- save up,
- say no to,
- scotch,
- set back,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- shut out,
- silence,
- simmer down,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slacken,
- smash,
- smother,
- snub,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- sublimate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- taboo,
- terrorize,
- throttle,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- turn,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weaken,
- weigh heavy on