repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
is repressing
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present progressiveof repress (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Whether, in fact, coming from this family and at least rolling with its punches, if he is repressing himself for his incredibly shy boyfriend.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2019
Expressing anger is no more a cure for a bad relationship than is repressing anger.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2016
Charlie’s therapist tells her that she is repressing what really happened the night her fiancé was killed, and, of course, there is more to the story.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2014
His noble crusade against vivisection is due to the abnormal strain of cruelty he is repressing in himself; his passion for Socialism comes from his infant fear of and rebellion against his father.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill
A man who has that reputation is repressing his natural emotions—that is all.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
