repressed
adjective
uk /rɪˈprest/ us /rɪˈprest/
having feelings that you do not express: 被抑制住的
repressed anger/sexuality被抑制住的怒气／被压抑的性欲
English people are notoriously repressed and don't talk about their feelings.英国人以含蓄克制闻名，不会谈论他们的感情。
Synonym
pent-up
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling emotions
anger management
blackmail
bottle
bottle something up
breaking point
choke
compose
cork
dysregulated
dysregulation
emotional blackmailidiom
fight back
frustrated
play it coolidiom
put on a brave faceidiom
repress
repression
self-possessed
self-possessedly
temperate
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