Synonyms for Repressing:

• adj.

  •discouraging (adjective)
  • more daunting,
  • most dampening,
  • un-favorable,
  • most depressive,
  • most hindering,
  • more dampening,
  • more off putting,
  • more repressing,
  • in-opportune,
  • dis-heartening,
  • re pressing,
  • dis-maying,
  • in opportune,
  • dis heartening,
  • re-pressing,
  • de-pressing,
  • most off-putting,
  • more depressive,
  • most disheartening,
  • un-propitious,
  • de pressing,
  • dis maying,
  • off putting,
  • most offputting,
  • dis-appointing,
  • most repressing,
  • dis-advantageous,
  • most dissuading,
  • dis advantageous,
  • more hindering,
  • more dissuading,
  • dis appointing,
  • more dismaying,
  • more offputting,
  • un propitious,
  • more off-putting,
  • most off putting,
  • most dismaying,
  • un favorable,
  • most daunting,
  • offputting,
  • more disheartening.
  •suppressive (adjective)
  • covering up.

• n.

  •repressing (noun)
  • restrictive,
  • inhibiting.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • unpropitious,
  • depressive,
  • discouraging,
  • off-putting,
  • suppressive.
  •n.
  • inhibitory,
  • repressive.

Paraphrases for Repressing:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Suppressing, quelling.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Oppressing, redressing, Responding, stopping, restricting, Prosecuting, Addressing, stifling, pressuring, criminalizing, Eliminating, Counteracting, Deterring, penalizing, punishing, curbing, Prohibiting, crushing, trampling, inhibiting, Quashing, cracking, countering, covering, sanctioning, Outlawing, Combating, combatting, controlling.

Antonyms for Repressing:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unrestrictive.

Repressing Sentence Examples:

• The case of Viterbo tells much of the difficulty of repressing it; in March, 1199, the pope wrote to the clergy and people of this town to recall to their minds, and at the same time to increase, the penalties pronounced against heresy.

• Patsy the frank had some difficulty in repressing the ungrateful speech which came to her lips but did not pass them.

Homophones for Repressing:

• refreshing, rephrasing, reverse hang.