repressed

Definitions

Restrained, inhibited, or kept from being expressed or voiced.

Characterized by the unconscious exclusion of painful or unacceptable thoughts and impulses from the mind.

Examples

He struggled to deal with the repressed emotions he had carried since childhood.

The government used force to silence the repressed minority groups within the country.

She felt as though she had lived a repressed life, never truly expressing her own desires.

Synonyms

suppressed stifled inhibited restrained subdued bottled-up smothered

Antonyms

expressed uninhibited liberated unrestrained released forthright outspoken