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repressedadjective not excessively showya 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect conservative, low-key(also low-keyed), muted, quiet, restrained, sober, subdued, toned-down, understated, unflashy, unpretentious appropriate, becoming, fit, fitting, proper, suitablemodest, plain, simple, unadorned, undecoratedinconspicuous, unnoticeable, unobtrusivegraceful, handsome, refined, tastefuldrab, mousy(or mousey)practical, sensible flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank(or swanky) meretriciousgraceless, inelegant, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy, vulgarbaroque, fancy, frilly, gilded(or gilt), ornate, rococooverdecorated, overdone, overwrought repressedverbpast tense of repressto put a stop to (something) by the use of forcequickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order clamped down (on), cracked down (on), crushed, put down, quashed, quelled, silenced, slapped down, snuffed (out), squashed, squelched, subdued, suppressed doused(also dowsed), extinguished, put out, quenchedsmothered, stifled, strangled, throttledannihilated, decimated, demolished, desolated, destroyed, devastated, nuked, rubbed out, ruined, smashed, wasted, wreckedexterminated, obliterated, wiped outconquered, dominated, overcame, overpowered, overwhelmed, subdued, subjugated, vanquished sat on abetted, aided, assisted, backed, helped, propped up, supportedfomented, incited, instigated, provoked, stirred, whipped (up)advanced, cultivated, encouraged, forwarded, fostered, furthered, nourished, nurtured, promoted to refrain from openly showing or utteringyou can't repress your feelings forever, so tell her how you feel about her choked (back), held back, pocketed, sank(or sunk), smothered, stifled, strangled, submerged, suppressed, swallowed controlled, governed, managedbridled, checked, curbed, quashed, quelledbottled up, containedmuffled, squelched expressed, loosed, released, took out, unleashed, vented in 1606 |