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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.] 1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. [1913 Webster] Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.] 1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. 2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. --Milton. Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.]From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
repress v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce] 2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle] 3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repress Αγγλικά vb. καταπιέζωFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repress vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. 2 (lb en transitive by extension) To check; to keep back. n. A record pressed again; a repressing. vb. To press again.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
repress vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. 2 (lb en transitive by extension) To check; to keep back. n. A record pressed again; a repressing. vb. To press again.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
repress vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. 2 (lb en transitive by extension) To check; to keep back. n. A record pressed again; a repressing. vb. To press again.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
repress vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. 2 (lb en transitive by extension) To check; to keep back. n. A record pressed again; a repressing. vb. To press again.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repress Englanti vb. 1 tukahduttaa (''vastarinta, tunne'') 2 alistaa, sortaaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repress Engelska vb. 1 undertrycka, undantränga 2 förtrycka 3 (tagg psykologi språk=en) förträngaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/ إقمعFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
repress //ɹəˈpɹɛs//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. потушавам forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing 2. възпирам, сдържам to keep back
repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]utlačovat
repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]potlačit
repress //ɹəˈpɹɛs//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. tukahduttaa forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing 2. pidättää to keep back
repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. दबाना "The movement was repressed by the police." 2. कुचलना "His childhood was repressed and solitary. "
repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/ potisnuti, suzbiti, uništiti, zadržavatiFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
repress /rɪˈpres/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. tłumić, zduszać 2. represjonować, utrzymywać w posłuchu
repress /ɹɪpɹˈɛs/ 1. baskı altında tutmak, bastırmak 2. uzaklaştırmak, menetmek 3. tutmak. repressible bastırılır, menolunur.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɹiˈpɹɛs/
172 Moby Thesaurus words for "repress": arrest, asphyxiate, ban, bar, bate, beat down, black out, blunt, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, check, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, collect, compel, constrain, contain, control, cool, cork, cork up, countercheck, cow, crack down on, crush, curb, dam up, damp, damp down, dampen, daunt, debar, delay, deny, despotize, detain, deter, disallow, discourage, disedge, domineer, domineer over, draw the teeth, drown, dull, embargo, enjoin, enslave, exclude, exclude from, extinguish, forbid, frustrate, gag, grind, grind down, hamper, henpeck, hinder, hold back, hold down, hold in, hold in check, hold up, hugger-mugger, hush, hush up, hush-hush, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, intimidate, jump on, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep in check, keep under, keep under control, kill, limit, lock in, lord it over, maintain, meddle, muffle, muzzle, obtund, oppose, oppress, outlaw, overawe, overbear, overcome, overmaster, override, pour water on, preclude, preserve, press heavy on, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put down, quash, quell, quench, refuse, rein, reject, resist, restrain, retain, retard, retund, ride over, ride roughshod over, rule out, save, save up, say no to, scotch, set back, shush, shut down on, shut out, silence, simmer down, sit down on, sit on, slacken, smash, smother, snub, squash, squelch, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, subjugate, sublimate, suffocate, suppress, taboo, terrorize, throttle, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, turn, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, walk all over, walk over, weaken, weigh heavy onFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 抑制,压制,阻止;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 镇压,抑制,压制 vi. 压制