pent-up emotions

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• pent-up — /pent up /, adj. confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed: pent up emotions; pent up rage. [1705 15; adj. use of v. phrase pent up] Syn. repressed, suppressed, bottled up. * * * …   Universalium

• pent up — UK [ˌpent ˈʌp] US adjective pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control pent up excitement/​frustration/​fear Thesaurus: general words used to describe… …   Useful english dictionary

• pent up — [ˌpent ˈʌp] adj pent up emotions are strong feelings that you have not expressed …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pent up — UK [ˌpent ˈʌp] / US adjective pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control pent up excitement/frustration/fear …   English dictionary

• pent-up — adjective characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions her severe upbringing had left her inhibited a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease their reactions were partly the product of pent up emotions repressed… …   Useful english dictionary

• pent-up — [[t]pe̱nt ʌ̱p[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Pent up emotions, energies, or forces have been held back and not expressed, used, or released. He still had a lot of pent up anger to release …   English dictionary

• pent up — adjective pent up emotions are not freely expressed: She began to cry, letting her pent up grief come out …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pent — [[t]pɛnt[/t]] adj. shut in; confined: pent cattle; pent emotions[/ex] • Etymology: ptp. of late ME pend, var. of pen II (v.); cf. spend …   From formal English to slang

• pent-up — adjective a) not expressed He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent up frustrations from the day. b) repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses …   Wiktionary

• catharsis — /keuh thahr sis/, n., pl. catharses / seez/. 1. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. 2. Med. purgation. 3. Psychiatry. a. psychotherapy that encourages or permits… …   Universalium

• Kay Thorpe — Born 1935 (age 75–76) England, UK Pen name Kay Thorpe Occupation Novelist Nationality British Period 1968–2006 …   Wikipedia