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Pent-up

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Adjective

1. pent-up, repressed

characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

Example Sentences:
'her severe upbringing had left her inhibited'
'a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease'
'their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions'
'repressed rage turned his face scarlet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pent-up

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adjective (pent up when postpositive)
1. 
not released; repressed
pent-up emotions
2. 
kept unwillingly
I've been pent up in this office for over a year

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Pent-up

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adjective
held in check; curbed; confined
pent-up emotion

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Pent-up

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adj.
Not given expression; repressed: pent-up emotions.

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