Associations to the word «Repress»
Noun
- Violence
- Effort
- Joy
- Hostility
- Passion
- Tyranny
- Difficulty
- Degradation
- Cheer
- Pride
- Lac
- Chill
- Disappointment
- Military
- Sympathy
- Concession
- Memory
- Gesture
- Murmur
- Ambition
- Complex
- Sorrow
- Cruelty
- Picard
- Cell
- Contempt
- Recruitment
- Guilt
- Subunit
- Domain
- Satisfaction
- Dignity
- Translation
- Target
- Vent
- Freedom
- Scream
- Terror
- Surge
- Trembling
- Clergy
- Fold
- Constraint
- Supremacy
- Unionist
- Activity
- Glance
- Proclamation
- Coup
- Manner
- Weakness
- Burst
- Monsieur
- Mechanism
- Glucose
- Shout
- Tory
- Disturbance
- Attempt
- Temper
- Liberty
- Highness
- Wrong
- Riker
- Habit
- Stimulation
- Bound
- Comte
- Imagination
- Demonstration
- Frown
Adjective
Adverb
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.