pent-up

The definition of pent-up is something that builds up and isn't expressed or released.

(adjective)

An example of pent-up is when you don't cry when you are sad.

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See pent-up in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

See pent-up in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Not given expression; repressed: pent-up emotions.

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