Definitions For Repress

verb

  • Block the action of
  • Put out of one's consciousness
  • Suppress in order to conceal or hide
  • Put down by force or intimidation
  • Impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
  • To not allow yourself to do or express (something)
  • To not allow yourself to remember (something, such as an unpleasant event)
  • To control (someone or something) by force

Is Repress a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Repress is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Repress in a Sentence

  • Religious groups were severely repressed.
  • Quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order

Synonyms for Repress

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