All 4 Uses of
repress
in
Interview with the Vampire
- And the boy, staring up at the vampire, could not repress a gasp.†
Part 1 *
- He turned on me suddenly, his voice dropping with repressed outrage.†
Part 1
- He'd fallen against the stone wall opposite and let out a snarl of unrepressed anger.†
Part 3unrepressed = not held back or oppressedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrepressed means not and reverses the meaning of repressed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I couldn't repress a bitter smile.†
Part 3
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.