Synonyms for Re pressing:

• adj.

  •discouraging (adjective)
  • bleak,
  • black,
  • depressing,
  • unpropitious,
  • inopportune,
  • repressing,
  • Deterring,
  • disheartening,
  • disappointing,
  • dampening,
  • dismal,
  • disadvantageous,
  • dreary,
  • unfavorable,
  • depressive,
  • Dissuading,
  • hindering,
  • gloomy,
  • off-putting,
  • oppressive,
  • daunting,
  • dismaying,
  • dispiriting.
  •suppressive (adjective)
  • quelling,
  • repressive,
  • censoring,
  • curbing,
  • stifling,
  • covering up,
  • withholding,
  • Muffling,
  • holding back,
  • Subduing,
  • Silencing.

• v.

  •bottle up (verb)
  • cramp,
  • keep back,
  • coop up,
  • restrict,
  • repress,
  • entrap,
  • shut in,
  • collar,
  • contain,
  • keep secret,
  • trap,
  • box up,
  • hold in,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • bring to naught,
  • cover up,
  • corner,
  • hold down,
  • enclose.
  •bridle (verb)
  • withhold,
  • constrain,
  • govern,
  • rule,
  • moderate.
  •censor (verb)
  • cut,
  • bleep,
  • conceal,
  • expurgate,
  • refuse transmission,
  • sterilize,
  • delete,
  • examine,
  • Exscind,
  • narrow,
  • clean up,
  • decontaminate,
  • review,
  • bowdlerize,
  • put the lid on,
  • scissor out,
  • edit,
  • inspect,
  • criticize,
  • revile,
  • launder,
  • purge,
  • bleach,
  • blue-pencil,
  • supervise communications,
  • prevent publication,
  • abridge,
  • oversee,
  • drop the iron curtain,
  • sanitize,
  • excise,
  • purify,
  • blacklist,
  • strike out.
  •chasten (verb)
  • discipline,
  • reproach,
  • chastise,
  • punish,
  • fulminate against,
  • have on the carpet,
  • cow,
  • tongue-lash,
  • try,
  • scold,
  • abase,
  • reprove,
  • soften,
  • rake over the coals,
  • scourge,
  • humble,
  • call down,
  • castigate,
  • tame,
  • rebuke,
  • reprehend,
  • reprimand,
  • exprobate,
  • afflict,
  • admonish,
  • upbraid,
  • penalize,
  • chide,
  • take to task,
  • berate,
  • objurgate.
  •check (verb)
  • discourage,
  • bottleneck,
  • foil,
  • snub,
  • repulse,
  • bar,
  • slacken pace,
  • halt,
  • baffle,
  • limit,
  • pause,
  • rebuff,
  • preclude,
  • bit,
  • interrupt,
  • rein in,
  • impede,
  • frustrate,
  • slow down,
  • reduce,
  • stay,
  • hold,
  • stop,
  • obstruct,
  • nip in the bud,
  • prevent,
  • arrest,
  • harness,
  • counteract,
  • retard,
  • bridle,
  • terminate,
  • thwart,
  • checkmate,
  • choke,
  • play for time,
  • circumvent,
  • cut short,
  • delay,
  • obviate,
  • neutralize.
  •coerce (verb)
  • force,
  • shotgun,
  • make,
  • lean on,
  • twist one's arm,
  • bully,
  • drive,
  • terrorize,
  • concuss,
  • oblige,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • bulldoze,
  • impel,
  • beset,
  • strong-arm,
  • push,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • browbeat,
  • menace,
  • threaten,
  • urge,
  • high pressure,
  • pressurize,
  • intimidate,
  • dragoon.
  •command (verb)
  • domineer,
  • reign over,
  • hold office,
  • override,
  • have authority,
  • head,
  • oppress,
  • dictate,
  • coerce,
  • regulate,
  • supervise,
  • prevail,
  • lead,
  • influence,
  • tyrannize,
  • superintend,
  • predominate,
  • direct,
  • run,
  • take over,
  • reign,
  • compel,
  • administer,
  • wield,
  • sway,
  • exact,
  • conduct,
  • dominate,
  • preside over,
  • determine,
  • manage,
  • exercise power,
  • conquer,
  • prescribe,
  • boss,
  • charge,
  • overbear,
  • guide,
  • coach,
  • officiate.
  •compose (verb)
  • ease,
  • quiet,
  • becalm,
  • mitigate,
  • tune down,
  • tranquilize,
  • console,
  • still,
  • solace,
  • relax,
  • adjust,
  • reconcile,
  • settle,
  • Re-collect,
  • resolve,
  • ease up,
  • assuage,
  • balm,
  • slacken,
  • modulate,
  • pacify,
  • placate,
  • let up,
  • appease,
  • allay,
  • soothe,
  • lull,
  • comfort,
  • temper,
  • arrange,
  • lessen.
  •confine (verb)
  • incarcerate,
  • shorten,
  • put a lid on,
  • delimit,
  • keep,
  • ice,
  • hog-tie,
  • shut up,
  • fix,
  • hem in,
  • put on ice,
  • immure,
  • cool down,
  • jail,
  • enslave,
  • put away,
  • cage,
  • detain,
  • send up,
  • bind,
  • imprison,
  • intern,
  • bound,
  • circumscribe.
  •contain (verb)
  • keep lid on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • bottle up.
  •control (verb)
  • awe,
  • monopolize.
  •cool (verb)
  • calm down,
  • dampen,
  • chill,
  • calm.
  •dam (verb)
  • clog,
  • stop up,
  • barricade,
  • confine,
  • close,
  • slow,
  • brake.
  •deaden (verb)
  • destroy,
  • blunt,
  • devitalize,
  • stun,
  • put to sleep,
  • anesthetize,
  • put out of order,
  • drown,
  • alleviate,
  • gas,
  • injure,
  • mute,
  • ko,
  • benumb,
  • freeze,
  • paralyze,
  • exhaust,
  • dim,
  • quieten,
  • numb,
  • stupefy,
  • etherize,
  • tire,
  • impair,
  • knock out,
  • lay out,
  • abate,
  • dull,
  • depress,
  • weaken,
  • chloroform,
  • tone down,
  • unnerve,
  • consume,
  • cushion,
  • dope,
  • damp,
  • deprive,
  • desensitize,
  • incapacitate,
  • hush.
  •defeat (verb)
  • mow down,
  • wipe out,
  • vanquish,
  • route,
  • prevail over,
  • outmaneuver,
  • repel,
  • discomfit,
  • best,
  • sink,
  • swamp,
  • shipwreck,
  • overthrow,
  • overrun,
  • trash,
  • surmount,
  • sack,
  • finish off,
  • smash,
  • trample,
  • slaughter,
  • block,
  • ambush,
  • upset,
  • torpedo,
  • obliterate,
  • butcher,
  • lick,
  • whip,
  • demolish,
  • overwhelm,
  • roll back,
  • decimate,
  • scatter,
  • annihilate,
  • bear down,
  • rout,
  • outflank,
  • beat,
  • parry.
  •delay (verb)
  • hold over,
  • loiter,
  • dilly-dally,
  • prolong,
  • suspend,
  • remand,
  • gain time,
  • tarry,
  • defer,
  • table,
  • intermit,
  • stave off,
  • protract,
  • lag,
  • prorogue,
  • encumber,
  • dawdle,
  • hamper,
  • interfere,
  • stall,
  • adjourn,
  • bide time,
  • temporize,
  • put off,
  • deter,
  • shelve,
  • linger,
  • drag,
  • postpone,
  • procrastinate,
  • lay over,
  • filibuster.
  •discourage (verb)
  • deprecate,
  • distress,
  • demoralize,
  • talk out of,
  • Disadvise,
  • frighten,
  • daunt,
  • discountenance,
  • scare,
  • break one's heart,
  • trouble,
  • disparage,
  • disfavor,
  • disincline,
  • abash,
  • beat down,
  • droop,
  • appall,
  • prostrate,
  • divert,
  • turn aside,
  • alarm,
  • weigh,
  • cast down,
  • turn off,
  • confuse,
  • warn,
  • dismay,
  • deject,
  • shake,
  • vex,
  • hold off,
  • indispose,
  • bother,
  • overawe,
  • dash,
  • irk.
  •fetter (verb)
  • hobble,
  • leash,
  • chain,
  • cuff,
  • put straitjacket on,
  • manacle,
  • hang up,
  • drag feet,
  • hold captive,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • shackle,
  • hamstring,
  • trammel,
  • handcuff.
  •fight back (verb)
  • fight off.
  •fight back/fight off (verb)
  • resist,
  • fend off,
  • hold at bay,
  • ward off,
  • beat off,
  • retaliate,
  • oppose,
  • keep at bay,
  • reply,
  • put up fight.
  •gag (verb)
  • garrote,
  • muzzle,
  • balk,
  • cork up,
  • tongue-tie,
  • shut down,
  • stumble,
  • tape up,
  • throttle,
  • keep the lid on,
  • shy,
  • deaden,
  • squash,
  • demur.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • enjoin,
  • sandbag,
  • outlaw,
  • taboo,
  • prohibit,
  • forbid,
  • interdict,
  • faze,
  • stymie,
  • avert,
  • put on brakes,
  • ward.
  •moderate (verb)
  • fall,
  • decrease,
  • play down,
  • diminish,
  • wane,
  • qualify,
  • soft-pedal,
  • ease off,
  • cool out,
  • subside,
  • relent,
  • die down,
  • decline,
  • mollify,
  • meet halfway,
  • modify,
  • relieve.
  •muzzle (verb)
  • clamp down on,
  • censor,
  • dry up,
  • crack down on,
  • dummy up.
  •pacify (verb)
  • grease,
  • square,
  • stroke,
  • fix up,
  • kiss and make up,
  • ameliorate,
  • take the edge off,
  • conciliate,
  • butter up,
  • sweeten,
  • lay back,
  • bury the hatchet,
  • propitiate,
  • make peace,
  • dulcify,
  • pacificate,
  • smooth over,
  • con.
  •prevent (verb)
  • debar,
  • forestall,
  • anticipate,
  • avoid,
  • put a stop to,
  • head off,
  • shut out,
  • put an end to,
  • Forfend,
  • defend against,
  • intercept,
  • counter,
  • rule out,
  • dam.
  •put down (verb)
  • stamp out,
  • defeat,
  • dismiss,
  • reject,
  • extinguish.
  •quash (verb)
  • snow under,
  • squish,
  • extirpate,
  • quench,
  • put down,
  • scrunch.
  •repress (verb)
  • hinder,
  • stifle,
  • keep in,
  • subdue,
  • curb,
  • crush,
  • quash,
  • quelch,
  • inhibit,
  • lock,
  • master,
  • compose,
  • cool,
  • smother,
  • jam up,
  • throw cold water on,
  • collect,
  • black out,
  • simmer down,
  • subjugate,
  • rein,
  • check,
  • bottle,
  • overcome,
  • swallow,
  • quell,
  • silence,
  • control,
  • gridlock,
  • overpower,
  • restrain,
  • cork,
  • muffle,
  • suppress,
  • shush,
  • keep in check,
  • chasten,
  • squelch,
  • keep under wraps,
  • kill,
  • tie up,
  • hold back.
  •restrain (verb)
  • choke back,
  • keep in line,
  • proscribe,
  • curtail,
  • tie down,
  • keep down,
  • hogtie,
  • handicap,
  • sit on,
  • crack down,
  • pull back,
  • impound,
  • lock up,
  • fetter,
  • pinion,
  • gag.
  •smother (verb)
  • douse,
  • shroud,
  • inundate,
  • strangle,
  • shower,
  • heap,
  • hush up,
  • envelop,
  • snuff,
  • asphyxiate,
  • surround,
  • suffocate.
  •squelch (verb)
  • censure.
  •stifle (verb)
  • clamp down,
  • constipate,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • clam up,
  • hold it down,
  • burke,
  • stultify,
  • spike,
  • stagnate.
  •stop (verb)
  • fill,
  • occlude,
  • break,
  • choke off,
  • cut off,
  • plug,
  • staunch,
  • stopper,
  • stem,
  • throw over,
  • seal,
  • congest,
  • shut off,
  • disrupt.
  •strangle (verb)
  • strangulate.
  •subdue (verb)
  • drop,
  • get the better of,
  • get the upper hand,
  • mellow,
  • gentle,
  • get under control,
  • break in,
  • triumph over.
  •sublimate (verb)
  • redirect,
  • transfer.
  •suppress (verb)
  • put lid on,
  • abolish,
  • clamp,
  • put kibosh on,
  • snuff out.
  •tame (verb)
  • domiciliate,
  • housebreak,
  • break the spirit,
  • domesticize,
  • bring to heel,
  • bust,
  • house-train,
  • train,
  • water down.
  •tread (verb)
  • ambulate,
  • step,
  • traipse,
  • hike,
  • trudge,
  • stamp,
  • stamp on,
  • pace,
  • tramp,
  • foot,
  • troop,
  • plod,
  • step on,
  • hoof,
  • stride,
  • march.
  •vanquish (verb)
  • overturn,
  • subvert.
  •withdraw (verb)
  • disclaim,
  • abjure,
  • invalidate,
  • ban,
  • disavow,
  • forswear,
  • unsay,
  • recant,
  • recall,
  • nullify,
  • annul,
  • repudiate,
  • revoke,
  • renege,
  • reverse,
  • rescind,
  • dissolve,
  • abrogate,
  • retire,
  • renig,
  • call off,
  • take back.
  •withhold (verb)
  • hide,
  • hold out,
  • abstain,
  • deduct,
  • keep under one's hat,
  • keep to oneself,
  • reserve,
  • hold out on,
  • retain,
  • stop oneself,
  • refrain,
  • deny,
  • refuse,
  • disallow.

Antonyms for Re pressing:

• adj.

  • discouraging
    bright, inspiring, happy, light, heartening, encouraging, favorable, cheerful, inspiriting, auspicious, sunny, pleasant.

• v.

  • bottle up
    reveal, tell, confide.
  • bridle
    incite, set free.
  • censor
    approve, dirty, add, neglect, endorse, put in, enlarge, expand, sanction, praise, ignore.
  • chasten
    embolden, boost, flatter, comfort, promote, forgive, uplift, compliment, reward, laud, honor, cheer, animate, extol, protect, exonerate, inspirit.
  • check
    advance, continue, abet, indulge, expedite, support, facilitate, forward, welcome, open, include.
  • coerce
    halt, suppress, discourage, repress, leave alone, stop, dissuade.
  • command
    follow, lose, oppose, countermand, reverse, abandon, recall, consent, comply, mismanage, revoke, submit, give up, obey, contradict, serve, leave, retreat.
  • compose
    intensify, trouble, worsen, confuse, provoke, excite, disturb, upset, disorganize, distress, worry, hurt, arouse, move, disarrange, ruin, anger, destroy, vex, aggravate, increase, irritate, agitate, annoy.
  • confine
    loosen, unfasten, unbind, loose.
  • contain
    exclude.
  • control
    relinquish, chance, rush, resign, risk, renounce, distribute, share, forsake, jump in.
  • cool
    extend, raise, warm, hearten, go on, step up, heat, strengthen.
  • dam
    unblock, unloose, unclog, push.
  • deaden
    construct, enliven, refresh, build, stimulate, brighten, mobilize, invigorate, magnify.
  • defeat
    create, fail, save, clear, win, attract, grow, fix, float.
  • delay
    finish, carry out, hurry, go, hasten, further, complete, speed, dispatch, DO.
  • discourage
    gladden, assure, reassure, make happy, please, inspire, calm, soothe, commend, spur on.
  • fight back/fight off
    give in.
  • moderate
    ascend, prolong, turn over, egg on, develop, unleash, go up, rise.
  • pacify
    rouse.
  • prevent
    cause.
  • put down
    erase, extract, build up.
  • quash
    rebuild, uncompress.
  • repress
    encourage, start, scatter, let go, yield, aid, liberate, assist, permit, free, help, release, surrender, disperse, allow.
  • restrain
    mislead, turn on, misguide.
  • smother
    uncover.
  • stifle
    begin, persuade, bear.
  • tame
    mend.
  • tread
    tiptoe.
  • withdraw
    validate, restore, admit, enforce, stay, remain.
  • withhold
    expose, go along, use, divulge, lay bare, disclose, show, grant, let out.