Repress

What do we mean by repress?

To hold back or prevent by an act of volition. intransitive verb

To put down or subdue by force. intransitive verb

To end, limit, or restrain, as by intimidation or other action. intransitive verb

To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind. intransitive verb

To prevent (the transcription of a gene or the synthesis of a protein) by the combination of a protein with an operator gene. intransitive verb

To prevent or limit the synthesis of (a protein). intransitive verb

To take repressive action. intransitive verb

To press back or down effectually; crush; quell; put down; subdue; suppress.

To check; restrain; keep under due restraint.

Synonyms To curb, smother, overcome, overpower.

1 and Restrict, etc. See restrain.

The act of subduing. noun

To press again. transitive verb

The act of repressing. noun

To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress transitive verb

Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. transitive verb

The act of repressing. noun

To press again. verb

A record pressed again; a repressing.

To avoide doing or even thinking about something you want to do very much. The main reason for not doing it is fear of guilt or losing the respect from a parent or peer. In fact, you make yourself believe that you really don't even want to do the thing you are repressing. Urban Dictionary

Afraid to color outside the lines, stuck in a rut, one who does not take chances or try new things outside of one's comfort zone. Urban Dictionary

Being ruffed up by the violence inherent in the system. Urban Dictionary

Coke that is cut on usually a wholesale level that is usually cut with procaine or benzocaine and mixed with acetone that is pressed with a large press machine to make it the coke into one solid piece to make it look like it might be uncut but people who truly seen lots of coke still can tell the difference. Urban Dictionary

Having to repress true feelings as a way to cope with life as you're expected to, without disappointing the enviourment surrounding you. Typically by a leader-type person who is looked up upon, and is trustworthy, especially in dire situations. Often repressed feelings breed creativity and originality, and are common among artists. As they cannot express their feelings in a common way, they must find another way to express themselves. OPPOSITE: Panicing mothers worldwide make the mistake of over reacting when their babies are getting hurt, thus causing needless extra stress to the babies. Causing them to over cling to the mother as she has no other friend but them, so they are delaying their development so they won't be lonely when the baby gets independent. Urban Dictionary

Depression but a second time Urban Dictionary

Not acknowledging negative feelings is true repression. Not allowing other people to acknowledge theirs because you don't acknowledge yours is the worst kind of repression/oppression. Urban Dictionary

The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, sexual acts, or desires with Jason from the conscious mind. Urban Dictionary

Repression (noun) to be depressed, but then “cured”. But you realized your insurance doesn’t cover your depression meds because, let’s face it, you are basically working like an illegal Mexican. So then you get depressed again, hence why it is known as “RE-pression” because you reversed the affect of the meds to your former depressive state. Urban Dictionary

Annoying portmanteau developed by some economists to describe an economic "recession" that threatens to develop into a "depression." Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to repress:
repress, redress, depress, regress, prepress, represt, re-press, re press, bepress.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word repress:
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Words that rhyme with repress:
process, address, access, assess, press, express, s, stress, progress, success, nevertheless, recess, less, distress, acquiesce, dress, coalesce, egress, finesse, possess, guess, mess, suppress, excess, redress, nonetheless, abscess, impress, digress, bless, ness, esse, largesse, regress, profess, obsess, yes, cress, caress, confess, unless, transgress, chess, oppress, compress, es, depress, abs, tress, ess, reassess, tess, fess, convalesce, jess, ls, dispossess, hess, hesse, les, aggress, ccs, bess, oas, undress, noblesse, watercress, gress, repossess, ts, headdress, ines, letterpress, cbs, attests, dss, ws, more or less, fesse, due process, ques, uss, inverness, overdress, wes, nes, cmos, fluoresce, winter cress, fress, lcs, evening dress, requests, name and address, work in progress, damsel in distress, in progress, outguess, bessemer process, bench press.

Adjectives that are often used to describe repress:
scarce, few, unelected, europ, less, couldst, airy, longer, present, possible, transeurop.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective repress:
violence, anger, compassion, expression, crime, feelings, disorder, sympathy, transcription, emotion, memories, freedom, development, sentiments, machine, desire, dissent, cries, passion, individuality, pretension, weariness, transgression, emotions, luxury, thieves, femininity, executions, disorders, thoughts, iveness, injustice, illtemper, information, feeling, protest, sexuality, sex, perseverance, selfishness, originality, immorality, genes, grief, libels, ltd, insolence, transgressions, translation, spontaneity, fastidiousness, emulation, emergence, tendencies, vice, projectors, excitement.

Consonant match to repress:
reprice.

Words that sound like repress:
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