Repress — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

put down by force or intimidation

conceal or hide

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻpɹˈɛs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪpɹˈɛs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪpɹˈɛs/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻpɹˈɛs/.

Examples

The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

muffle smother stifle reduce strangle suppress quash keep down subjugate subdue

Parts of Speech

verb	put down by force or intimidation “The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”
verb	conceal or hide “smother a yawn”
verb	put out of one's consciousness
verb	block the action of

Word Forms

repressive	adjective	restrictive of action
repression	noun	a state of forcible subjugation
subduer	noun	someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
smotherer	noun	a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
stifler	noun	a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
stifling	noun	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
suppression	noun	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unterdrücken

durch Gewalt oder Einschüchterung niedergeschlagen werden

🇫🇷French

réprimer

réprimé par la force ou l'intimidation

🇪🇸Spanish

reprimir

reprimido por la fuerza o la intimidación

🇮🇹Italian

reprimere

represso con la forza o con l’intimidazione

🇳🇱Dutch

onderdrukken

met geweld of intimidatie neergeslagen

🇵🇹Portuguese

reprimir

abatido pela força ou intimidação

🇷🇺Russian

подавлять

подавлять силой или запугиванием

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अधिकार में लाना

बलपूर्वक या डरा-धमका कर नीचे रखना

🇧🇩Bengali

দমন করা

বল বা ভয় দেখিয়ে নিচে নামানো

🇮🇳Tamil

அடக்குமுறை

பலாத்காரம் அல்லது மிரட்டல் மூலம் கீழே போடப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

అణచివేస్తాయి

బలవంతంగా లేదా బెదిరింపు ద్వారా అణచివేయబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

दाबणे

बळजबरीने किंवा धमकी देऊन खाली ठेवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

દબાવો

બળ અથવા ધાકધમકી દ્વારા નીચે મૂકો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಮನ ಮಾಡು

ಬಲ ಅಥವಾ ಬೆದರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಕೆಳಗಿಳಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിച്ചമർത്തുക

ബലപ്രയോഗത്തിലൂടെയോ ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തിയോ താഴെയിറക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦਬਾਓ

ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਧਮਕਾਉਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਪਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

دبانا

زبردستی یا دھمکی دے کر نیچے رکھو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

抑

以武力或恐吓方式镇压

🇯🇵Japanese

抑圧する

力ずくまたは脅迫によって鎮圧される

🇰🇷Korean

억누르다

강압이나 협박으로 내려놓다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đàn áp

hạ bệ bằng vũ lực hoặc đe dọa

🇹🇭Thai

อดกลั้น

ล้มลงด้วยกำลังหรือการข่มขู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

menekan

dijatuhkan dengan kekerasan atau intimidasi

🇵🇭Filipino

supilin

ibagsak sa pamamagitan ng puwersa o pananakot

🇲🇾Malay

menindas

dijatuhkan dengan kekerasan atau ugutan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قمع

قمعها بالقوة أو الترهيب

🇮🇷Persian

سرکوب کردن

با زور یا ارعاب سرنگون کردن

🇹🇷Turkish

bastırmak

zorla veya korkutarak bastırmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַדחִיק

להפיל בכוח או בהפחדה

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