repress
verbHow many syllables in repress?
There are 2 syllables in the word repress.How to pronounce repress:
Definition of repress:
- repress (verb):
- to keep (feelings) under control
- put down by force or intimidation.
- to check by or as if by pressure curb
Synonyms for repress:
bottle up
check
control
crack down (on)
crush
curb
destroy
extinguish
hold back
hold in
inhibit
keep down
keep in check
master
oppress
overcome
overpower
quash
quell
reduce
restrain
silence
sit on
squash
squelch
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Antonyms for repress:
abandon
abet
accelerate
accommodate
acquiese
advance
aggravate
agitate
aid
allow
animate
approve
arouse
assist
assure
awaken
back
be overcome by
be overwhelmed by
bear
bid
boost
bow
bring in
buckle
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- glimpses
- snow-capped
- gulping
- anguished
- widened
- therein
- swampy
- strangling
- merged
- entwine
- enjoin
- delude
- complied
- chauffeured
- sandal
- mega
- finesse
- Dearbourne
- tinklers
- misdeed
- ghostwrite
- deranged
- spewing
- smolder
- natives
- clattered
- thinly
- reused
- lengthened
- contort
- knapsack
- misplay
- gumption
- feater
- elates
- chalked
- appraise
- strangest
- shuffled
- scourges
- ropy
- pricked
- phoning
- gutter
- estrange
- rifling
- impaled
- verklempt
- tombstone
- sun-drenched
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Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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