Associations to the word «Repress»
Noun
- Receptor
- Initiation
- Propensity
- Cry
- Bile
- Struggling
- Kinase
- Signaling
- Belisarius
- Vigor
- Synthesis
- Oppression
- Commotion
- Seldon
- Disposition
- Pax
- Uneasiness
- Curiosity
- Transcript
- Laugh
- Disgust
- Agonist
- Apprehension
- Belinda
- Mirth
- Enjoyment
- Embryo
- Ridicule
- Individuality
- Steroid
- Excitement
- Delight
- Lip
- Injustice
- Freud
- Check
- Spite
- Anger
- Factor
- Blackness
- Bitterness
- Thrill
- Adhesion
- Replication
- Resentment
- Pang
- Locus
- Refrain
- Pathway
- Tremor
- Opposition
- Grief
- Proliferation
- Nucleus
- Anxiety
- Forgetting
- Hormone
- Awe
- Mediator
- Pinch
- Riot
- Novelty
- Manifestation
- Laughter
- Vinyl
- Ideology
- Nitrate
Verb
Wiktionary
REPRESS, noun. The act of repressing.
REPRESS, verb. To press again.
REPRESS, verb. To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
REPRESS, verb. Hence, to check; to keep back.
Dictionary definition
REPRESS, verb. 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".
REPRESS, verb. Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn".
REPRESS, verb. Put out of one's consciousness.
REPRESS, verb. Block the action of.
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.