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pent-up Definition

pent·-up (pentup)

adjective

held in check; curbed; confined pent-up emotion
pent-up Synonyms

pent-up

modif.

held in check, repressed, restrained; see restrained, restricted.

pent-up Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • frustration: Maybe it was the pent-up frustration for all the grief everyone had had with the hotel.
  • anger: Dear women comrades, are we going to suffer for long in silence, only sometimes venting our pent-up anger against petty traders?
  • rage: PRINCE'S KID, full of sweetness and pent-up rage, commands " Rain.
  • aggression: The pent-up aggression of these cycles is defused by the setting in motion of the scapegoat mechanism.
  • emotion: Most believe that their patients ' release of pent-up emotions in the presence of a trusted therapist is the primary cause of a cure.
  • demand: The quarter point cut in interest rates in August released some pent-up demand, boosting activity levels further.

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