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repressing
Overview of verb repress
The verb repress has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (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")
2. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")
3. suppress, repress -- (put out of one's consciousness)
Overview of adj repressing
The adj repressing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. inhibitory, repressive, repressing -- (restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline")
Antonyms of verb repress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb repress
3 senses of repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 3
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb repress
1 of 3 senses of repress
Sense 3
suppress, repress
=> swallow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb repress
3 senses of repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sense 3
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
'Cause To' of verb repress
Derived Forms of verb repress
1 of 3 senses of repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
RELATED TO>(adj) repressive#1
=> inhibitory, repressive, repressing
RELATED TO>(noun) repression#1
=> repression
RELATED TO>(noun) repression#3
=> repression
Domain of verb repress
1 of 3 senses of repress
Sense 3
suppress, repress
TOPIC>(noun) psychiatry#1, psychopathology#2, psychological medicine#1
Domain Terms of verb repress
Familiarity of verb repress
repress used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb repress
3 senses of repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
suppress, repress
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb repress
3 senses of repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
> oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 2
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> wink, blink, blink away
=> stifle, dampen
=> choke off, choke down, choke back
=> hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> burke
=> silence
=> squelch, quell, quench
=> smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Sense 3
suppress, repress
> forget, bury
=> unlearn
=> suppress, repress
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb repress
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 2
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
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Sense 3
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
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Grep of verb repress
repress
Antonyms of adj repressing
1 sense of repressing
Sense 1
inhibitory, repressive, repressing
INDIRECT (VIA restrictive) -> unrestrictive
Similarity of adj repressing
1 sense of repressing
Sense 1
inhibitory, repressive, repressing
=> restrictive (vs. unrestrictive)
Pertainyms of adj repressing
Attributes of adj repressing
Domain of adj repressing
Domain Terms of adj repressing
Familiarity of adj repressing
repressing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj repressing
repressing
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