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Synonyms of repressed in English:

repressed


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adjective

1‘a repressed country’

SYNONYMS
oppressed, subjugated, subdued, tyrannized, ground down, downtrodden
ANTONYMS

free, democratic

2‘repressed feelings of hostility’

SYNONYMS
restrained, suppressed, held back, held in, kept in check, muffled, stifled, smothered, pent up, bottled up
concealed, hidden, subconscious, unconscious
unfulfilled, latent
ANTONYMS

overt, expressed

3‘a reclusive, emotionally repressed man’

SYNONYMS
inhibited, frustrated, restrained, self-restrained, withdrawn, introverted
informal uptight, hung up
ANTONYMS

uninhibited, relaxed