pentup
adjective
confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed: pent-up emotions; pent-up rage.
Origin:
1705–15; adj. use of verb phrase pent up
1705–15; adj. use of verb phrase pent up
Synonyms
repressed, suppressed, bottled-up.
repressed, suppressed, bottled-up.
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| pent-up | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not released; repressed: pent-up emotions |
| 2. | kept unwillingly: I've been pent up in this office for over a year |
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