Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not expressed.

  2. Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses.

    He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent-up frustrations from the day.

    подавленныйpodavlennyj, сдерживаемыйsderživajemyj

    characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses:

Origin

From pent + up.

From pent + up.

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Forms

more pent-up, most pent-up
Comparativemore pent-up Lesson
Superlativemost pent-up Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions:repressed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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