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Adverb for restrained or oppressed
“Repressed indigenous groups.”
Adverb for characterized by the repression of thoughts or desires, especially sexual ones
“As their time in hiding slowly builds, frustration and boredom are replaced by a juvenile playfulness, tinged with repressed sexual longing and shot through with malicious intent.”
Adverb for restrained and unpretentious in nature or appearance
(of a thought or desire) Adverb for kept suppressed and unconscious in one's mind
“On the one hand, he jokes about the perverse and comic effects of the acceleration of the silent film; on the other, he expresses his romantic regrets which regularly return in his work like a repressed temptation.”
Adverb for uncomfortable in the company of other people
Adverb for not excessively showy or lively
Adverb for intimidated or overwhelmed by an overbearing significant other
Adverb for not obvious, but detectable
Adverb for unnatural, awkward or contrived in nature or behavior
Adverb for having one's feelings and expression under control
Adverb for having distinct limits or boundaries
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