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Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press again.

Mutter :: Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.

Repressive :: Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures..

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like..

Tame :: Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.

Irrepressible :: Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict..

Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Dipsomaniac :: Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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