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Bookmark or Share- REPRESS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comrepress. / rɪˈprɛs / verb. to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain. to repress a desire. to put into a state of subjugation. to repress a people. psychoanal to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind.
- Repress Definition & Meaning - YourDictionaryTo end, limit, or restrain, as by intimidation or other action. Repress a heresy; repress inflation. American Heritage. To force (ideas, impulses, etc. painful to the conscious mind) into the unconscious. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of.
- Repress Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of REPRESS is to check by or as if by pressure : curb. How to use repress in a sentence.
- REPRESS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for REPRESS: suppress, quell, subdue, quash, stifle, crush, squelch, silence; Antonyms of REPRESS: help, assist, aid, support, back, provoke, stir, promote.
- Repress - definition of repress by The Free Dictionaryv. re·pressed, re·press·ing, re·press·es. v.tr. 1. To hold back or prevent by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk. 2. a. To put down or subdue by force: repress a rebellion. b. To end, limit, or restrain, as by intimidation or other action: repress a heresy; repress inflation.
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