1
[ adjective ] held in check with difficulty

Synonyms

smothered strangled stifled

Examples

"a smothered cough" "a stifled yawn" "a strangled scream" "suppressed laughter"

Related terms

inhibited

2
[ adjective ] manifesting or subjected to suppression

Examples

"a suppressed press"

Related terms

silenced

3
[ adjective ] kept from public knowledge by various means;

Related terms

publicized unreleased hushed-up quelled burked

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Rhymes with

oppressed pressed addressed abreast compressed unrest wrest rest unaddressed depressed impressed expressed unimpressed repressed undressed attest stressed pest suggest breast brest budapest dressed obsessed crest dispossessed protest molest congest possessed armrest confessed professed contest distressed coalesced northwest recessed divest backrest best test manifest protest southwest chest jest recessed goldcrest behest slugfest nest vest lest guessed guest west zest headrest alkahest blessed blest arrest ingest divest detest digest quest unprocessed invest infest processed bequest request detest digest request houseguest midwest contest incest bucharest inquest conquest bucharest

Phonetic and Homophones

S AH0 P R EH1 S T

Similar Spelling

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