Words Like REPRESS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to REPRESS.
15 Alternative Words Similar to repress
5 examples of repress
1
to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
2
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
3
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
4
strangle a yawn
5
muffle one's anger
10 definitions of repress
2
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress
3
Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
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put down by force or intimidation
8
put out of one's consciousness
9
To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.
10
To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.