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suppressed

2 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, suppressed means kept from public knowledge by various means.

Meanings of suppressed

3 meanings

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of suppress

adjective

  1. Kept from public knowledge by various means

  2. Manifesting or subjected to suppression

    “a suppressed press”

  3. Held in check with difficulty

    “a smothered cough”

    “a stifled yawn”

    “a strangled scream”

    Similar: smothered, stifled, strangled

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: held in check with difficulty
smotheredstifledstrangled
Oppositespublicized

Words that rhyme with suppressed

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bestresttestarrestwestdressedguestsuggestchestrequestimpressedmessedblesseddepressedobsessednest

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suppositionsuppositioussupposititioussuppositorysuppresssuppressantsuppressingsuppressionsuppressorsuppuratesuppurationsupra