All 4 Uses of
suppress
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- In spite of her continual anxiety that the dishes should be passed round correctly and that everyone should taste them, in spite of the agonising cough which interrupted her every minute and seemed to have grown worse during the last few days, she hastened to pour out in a half whisper to Raskolnikov all her suppressed feelings and her just indignation at the failure of the dinner, interspersing her remarks with lively and uncontrollable laughter at the expense of her visitors and especially of her landlady.†
Chpt 5.2suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- It was conceived on sleepless nights, with a throbbing heart, in ecstasy and suppressed enthusiasm.†
Chpt 6.2
- And that proud suppressed enthusiasm in young people is dangerous!†
Chpt 6.2
- I told her too the story of Sofya Semyonovna in full detail, suppressing nothing.†
Chpt 6.5 *suppressing = trying to keep under control
Definition:
trying to keep under control
The 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)
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.
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.