All 15 Uses of
repress
in
The Ramayana
- ha, best Of those who pray with voice repressed, The Gods by earnest prayer prevailed, And thus his new-made friend he hailed: "Thy title now is sure and good To rights of saintly Bráhmanhood."†
Book 1
- ha, when he saw each coat Enclose the lady's waist and throat, Her zeal with gentle words repressed, And Queen Kaikeyí thus addressed: "O evil-hearted sinner, shame Of royal Kekaya's race and name; Who matchless in thy sin couldst cheat Thy lord the king with vile deceit; Lost to all sense of duty, know Sítá to exile shall not go.†
Book 2
- With voice repressed he breathed the prayer, Bathed duly in the river fair, And gave good offerings that remove The stain of sin, as texts approve.†
Book 2 *
- Sumantra, at the king's behest, Striving with sobs he scarce repressed, His trembling voice at last controlled, And thus his further tidings told: "Their locks in votive coils they wound, Their coats of bark upon them bound, To Gangá's farther shore they went, Thence to Prayág their steps were bent.†
Book 2
- of vigour unrepressed: "Brother, our home is here: behold The grove of which the hermit told: The bowers of Panchava?†
Book 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.
- When Ráma saw those signs of woe Fraught with destruction to the foe, With bold impatience scarce repressed His brother chief he thus addressed: "These fearful signs, my brother bold, Which threaten all our foes, behold: All laden, as they strike the view, With ruin to the fiendish crew.†
Book 3
- Thus with wild fury unrepressed Raghu's brave son the fiend addressed; And Khara, as his wrath grew high, Thus thundered forth his fierce reply: "By senseless pride to madness wrought, By danger girt thou fearest naught, Nor heedest, numbered with the dead, What thou shouldst say and leave unsaid.†
Book 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.
- Thus by the giant king addressed, While burnt her fury unrepressed, The giantess declared at length The hero's form and deeds and strength: "Long are his arms and large his eyes: A black deer's skin his dress supplies.†
Book 3
- Quick rises, kindling in my breast, The wrath that will not be repressed, And bids me in my fury slay The breaker of his faith to-day.†
Book 4
- Let grief and anger be repressed: Again be firm and self-possessed.†
Book 6
- But tender grief was soon repressed And thoughts of vengeance filled his breast.†
Book 6
- s hest The onward rushing throng repressed, While like the roar of ocean loud Rose the wild murmur of the crowd.†
Book 6
- We now, as Bharat has decreed, Let justice guide our every deed, And toil each sinner to repress Who scorns the way of righteousness.†
Book 4
- The hour is come: he hears the call, But not on thee reproaches fall From him who labours to repress His eager spirit's restlessness.†
Book 4
- Repress this zeal, untimely shown: I count this people as mine own.†
Book 6
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.