to suppress
88
5.8
- verb
- /səˈprɛs/
:
reprimir
- She tried to suppress her laughter during the serious meeting.
- try to suppress
- ability to suppress
- suppress a response
And many of us suppress and run and hide.
- And many of us suppress and run and hide.
- I would have hit it, suppressed it, don't like negative feelings.
- Anxiety is not expressed. Anxiety becomes suppressed. We suppress it,
- It's painful to let those emotions you've suppressed all these years come back out.
- So don't hold it in, don't suppress yourself, don't make excuses.
- When you submit your will to God, you suppress your desire and you obey God.
- They're becoming less able to suppress their emotions, more impulsive.
- When your version of strength is I have to suppress, I have to push things down.
- The best way to survive and cope in the trenches was to suppress all grief.
- You you can't suppress certain aspects of people's psyche.
- You're going to have the pain of suppressing yourself for the sake of being accepted.
- And, you know, he said that basically is like, I try to suppress my knowledge.
- We all want the truth, so stop suppressing it to cover your own arse.
- That's me suppressing a huge laugh 'cause I love.
- So being respectful, showing empathy, suppressing your ego.
- And I just thought, and I just kind of suppressed the thought.
- But that our ability to suppress is also very good.
Examples
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Think you're suppressing your emotions, and that's not healthy.
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Try to suppress your enthusiasm.
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But that our ability to suppress is also very good.
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When your version of strength is I have to suppress, I have to push things down.
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If I do something three times, I can usually suppress the thought.
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So she had learned to suppress her terror at the prospect of losing him.
Fiction book (1992) -
When you submit your will to God, you suppress your desire and you obey God.
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The best way to survive and cope in the trenches was to suppress all grief.
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So now I've learned this adaptive response to suppress my emotions.
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A lot of people think Stoicism is simply suppressing your emotions.
Synonyms
388
3.5
To keep something dangerous from spreading or getting worse
291
2.5
Stop yourself from doing something you want to do
108
4.2
Keep yourself from showing feelings or telling others
97
4.9
To find it hard to speak because you feel strong emotion
75
6.6
Keep strong feelings or memories from coming into the mind
72
4.6
Keep strong feelings under control so you do not act on them
65
4.5
To stop yourself from showing strong feelings
49
5.3
To hold back a feeling or reaction so it does not show
39
6.0
To stop a feeling or sound from being shown
35
7.7
To stop a strong feeling or a crowd causing trouble
24
5.6
To keep strong feelings inside instead of telling others
11
7.8
Completely stop protests or criticism
11
6.3
Make someone unable to act naturally or show feelings
7
6.1
To stop a feeling or action completely
5
7.0
To take back words you said
4
5.1
Stop yourself from showing an emotion like tears or laughter
4
7.0
Stop yourself from showing a feeling when you want to cry
2
7.7
To stop yourself from showing strong feelings like sadness or anger
1
7.0
To try hard to hold back a strong feeling
Antonyms
How Controlled
75
6.6
24
5.6
88
5.8
∞
2.4
72
4.6
∞
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suppress comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and press 'to push', giving the image of 'pressing down'. A helpful way to remember the second meaning is to imagine 'pressing down' your laughter or anger, like putting a lid on a pot.