All 12 Uses of
suppress
in
David Copperfield
- The anxiety I underwent, in the interval which necessarily elapsed before a reply could be received to her letter to Mr. Murdstone, was extreme; but I made an endeavour to suppress it, and to be as agreeable as I could in a quiet way, both to my aunt and Mr. Dick.†
Chpt 13-15
- In effect, we presently heard him uttering suppressed groans of the most dismal nature, as this magpie proceeding racked him in every joint; but while Peggotty's eyes were full of compassion for him, she said his generous impulse would do him good, and it was better not to check it.†
Chpt 19-21
- They both spoke as if she were ill; in a soft, suppressed tone that was plainly heard, although it hardly rose above a whisper.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- I was smoking, and trying to suppress a rising tendency to shudder.†
Chpt 22-24
- I did not even observe her voice to falter, or a tear to escape from her eyes, the whole day through, until twilight; when she and I and Mr. Peggotty being alone together, and he having fallen asleep in perfect exhaustion, she broke into a half-suppressed fit of sobbing and crying, and taking me to the door, said, 'Ever bless you, Mas'r Davy, be a friend to him, poor dear!'†
Chpt 31-33
- The husband, whose name was Thomas Benjamin, had taken out his marriage licence as Thomas only; suppressing the Benjamin, in case he should not find himself as comfortable as he expected.†
Chpt 31-33
- In another moment she suppressed this emotion; and said with an aspect more triumphant than dejected: 'We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear.†
Chpt 34-36
- I had never doubted his meanness, his craft and malice; but I fully comprehended now, for the first time, what a base, unrelenting, and revengeful spirit, must have been engendered by this early, and this long, suppression.†
Chpt 37-39
- I trust it confidently to your not suppressing anything.†
Chpt 43-45
- An explosion of a smouldering volcano long suppressed, was the result of an internal contest more easily conceived than described.†
Chpt 49-51
- I have made it, thus far, with no purpose of suppressing any of my thoughts; for, as I have elsewhere said, this narrative is my written memory.†
Chpt 58-60
- He drew his hand across his face, and with a half-suppressed sigh looked up from the fire.†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(suppress) trying to keep under controlThe exact meaning of suppress can depend upon its context. For example:
- "suppressed the revolution" -- to stop others from doing something by force
- "suppressed a smile" -- kept something from happening
- "suppressed the story" -- kept news from spreading
- "suppressed her fear" -- controlled an emotion
- "suppressed the memory" -- avoided thinking about (perhaps even removed from conscious memory)
editor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.