What is another word for repressing?
190 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ], [ ɹɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ], [ ɹ_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for repressing:- discouraging (adjective)
- oppositional (adjective)
- suppressive (adjective)
- inhibiting (noun)
- limiting (verb)
- opposing (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
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.
n.
•inhibiting (noun)v.
•limiting (verb) •opposing (verb)- crossing,
- Suppressing,
- Defying,
- Checking,
- Intercepting,
- counterattacking,
- Rebuffing,
- interfering,
- fighting,
- Oppressing,
- hindering,
- Objecting,
- protesting,
- Repulsing,
- disagreeing,
- confronting,
- Disputing,
- conflicting,
- Obstructing,
- countering,
- Counteracting,
- Resisting,
- Contradicting,
- meddling,
- challenging,
- antagonizing,
- repelling,
- impeding,
- opposing.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- restricting,
- Annulling,
- end,
- reducing,
- crushing,
- Gagging,
- quelling,
- mortifying,
- Subjugating,
- Destroying,
- stifling,
- Restraining,
- burying,
- extinguishing,
- Discontinuing,
- control,
- tightening,
- check,
- conquering,
- forbiddance,
- invalidating,
- Bridling,
- Terminating,
- pacifying,
- blocking,
- Concentrating,
- composing,
- slimming,
- smothering,
- prohibition,
- repression,
- asphyxiating,
- repress,
- surrounding,
- limiting,
- suppression,
- surcease,
- elimination,
- halt,
- forbidding,
- overwhelming,
- quenching,
- controlling,
- Coercing,
- ending,
- trimming,
- suffocating,
- cessation,
- Precluding,
- Simplifying,
- concealing,
- strangling,
- prevention,
- Taming,
- numbering,
- Containing,
- shortening,
- Muffling,
- Quashing,
- Silencing,
- Defeating,
- thinning,
- putting down,
- stopping,
- Abridging,
- preclusion,
- censoring,
- restraint,
- interdiction,
- voiding,
- Interdicting,
- Foreshortening,
- obstruction,
- Muting,
- hiding,
- cutting off,
- crack down,
- termination,
- Subduing,
- Diluting,
- Reining,
- withholding,
- chastening,
- curbing,
- discontinuation,
- halting,
- extinction,
- stop,
- recompression,
- overpowering,
- Quieting,
- concealment,
- cut-off,
- censorship,
- moderating,
- Refraining,
- restrictive,
- Avoiding,
- Abbreviating,
- Prohibiting,
- Ceasing,
- Nullifying,
- cracking down on,
- Preventing,
- holding back,
- contracting,
- Scotching,
- mastering,
- Squelching,
- Delaying,
- put-down.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Suppressing, quelling.
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Independent
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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.
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Antonyms for Repressing:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
unrestrictive.
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