'Suppressed' definitions:
Definition of 'suppressed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Kept from public knowledge by various means; [ant: publicised, publicized]
adjective
Manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press"
adjective
Definition of 'Suppressed'
From: GCIDE
- Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.]
- 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. [1913 Webster]
- Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. [1913 Webster]
- She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suppressed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absentminded,
- aloof,
- amnestic,
- arcane,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- blocked,
- bond,
- broken,
- cabalistic,
- captive,
- censored,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- cold,
- concealed,
- conquered,
- constrained,
- converted,
- cool,
- crushed,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- detached,
- discreet,
- disenfranchised,
- distant,
- enigmatic,
- enslaved,
- enthralled,
- esoteric,
- expressionless,
- felled,
- flattened,
- forbidding,
- forgetful,
- forgetting,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- guarded,
- heedless,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- humbled,
- hush-hush,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- in bondage,
- in bonds,
- in captivity,
- in chains,
- in slavery,
- in subjection,
- inaccessible,
- inclined to forget,
- introverted,
- latent,
- Lethean,
- mastered,
- modest,
- mysterious,
- oblivious,
- occult,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- oppressed,
- put down,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- reduced,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- secret,
- shrinking,
- smashed,
- smothered,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- subjected,
- subjugated,
- suffocated,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- unbreatheable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- under security,
- under the heel,
- under the lash,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unexpansive,
- unfree,
- ungenial,
- unmindful,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- vanquished,
- withdrawn