All 4 Uses of
repress
in
Anna Karenina
- And besides," she said hurriedly, with difficulty repressing a smile, "it's really time to be in bed."†
Part 2
- Anna suddenly interrupted him with an irritation she could not succeed in repressing.†
Part 4
- "But it seems it was the will of God," he added, and as he said it felt how foolish a remark it was, and with difficulty repressed a smile at his own foolishness.†
Part 4
- She blushed with emotion when he came into the room, she could not repress a smile of rapture when he said anything amiable to her.†
Part 5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In psychology, repress has a more specialized meaning where something is put out of one's consciousness. For example, someone with repressed anger may not consciously realize they are angry, yet the anger still affects their mind and body.