suppressed

[ suh-prest ]

adjective

1. stopped or kept from carrying on normal activity:

   In the late 1700s, all members of the suppressed Jesuit Order flocked to Rome from other European countries where they were not tolerated.

2. kept in or repressed, as a laugh, feeling, thought, etc.:

   I heard a suppressed giggle from under the bed.

3. withheld from disclosure or publication:

   There is a reasonable probability that the suppressed evidence would have produced a different verdict.

4. stopped or arrested, as a cough, bodily process, etc.:

   Their study examines how viral therapy combined with a suppressed immune response could be more effective against solid tumors.

5. vanquished or subdued; quelled:

   Six casino workers were killed in a brutally suppressed strike.

6. done away with or abolished, by or as by authority:

   Generations later, descendants of the colonists have generally accepted the formerly suppressed practice of tattooing.

7. kept from being expressed genetically:

   The promise of reversing sickle cell disease symptoms by reactivating a suppressed gene has attracted considerable interest.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of suppress.

Other Words From

• sup·pressed·ly [s, uh, -, prest, -lee, -, pres, -id-], adverb
• non·sup·pressed adjective
• qua·si-sup·pressed adjective
• un·sup·pressed adjective
• well-sup·pressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppressed¹

suppress ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The Easter Rising was a sudden insurrection in the midst of World War I, and the general co-opted as many men as he could find to suppress the defiance.

From Ozy

The case aims to prove that Google’s position as a dominant search provider limits consumer choice and partnerships with companies like Apple suppresses competition.

From Search Engine Watch

At the same time, social distancing mandates have created “an artificial scenario” that may be suppressing new infections, he added.

From Vox

The country had followed a similar trajectory, with an initial spike in March and a lockdown that almost totally suppressed the virus.

From Vox

By having the hidden become public knowledge, Rosen tells his groups, patients stop suppressing and start engaging — first with each other, then with their therapist and finally with loved ones.

From Washington Post

The women standing on the green outside the House of Commons gave little impression of being suppressed.

From The Daily Beast

Suppressed, banned, scorned—it seems to speak to something within the human mind (or soul, if you like) that is irrepressible.

From The Daily Beast

Emotions once suppressed, emotions once channeled, now are let loose.

From The Daily Beast

He suppressed a belch and then looked up at her with a mischievous grin.

From The Daily Beast

But Payne said she mostly suppressed her feelings and tried to live up to the expectations for a male.

From The Daily Beast

The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.

From Project Gutenberg

Fajardo seconds the demand of the citizens of Manila that the Audiencia be suppressed, alleging that it does more harm than good.

From Project Gutenberg

It was, of course, the suppressed emotional energy finding another outlet.

From Project Gutenberg

She was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.

From Project Gutenberg

Haggard was in a state of suppressed excitement, and he couldn't eat a mouthful.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened
• tethered