suppressed

[ suh-prest ]

adjective

1. stopped or kept from carrying on normal activity:

   In the late 1700s, all members of the suppressed Jesuit Order flocked to Rome from other European countries where they were not tolerated.

2. kept in or repressed, as a laugh, feeling, thought, etc.:

   I heard a suppressed giggle from under the bed.

3. withheld from disclosure or publication:

   There is a reasonable probability that the suppressed evidence would have produced a different verdict.

4. stopped or arrested, as a cough, bodily process, etc.:

   Their study examines how viral therapy combined with a suppressed immune response could be more effective against solid tumors.

5. vanquished or subdued; quelled:

   Six casino workers were killed in a brutally suppressed strike.

6. done away with or abolished, by or as by authority:

   Generations later, descendants of the colonists have generally accepted the formerly suppressed practice of tattooing.

7. kept from being expressed genetically:

   The promise of reversing sickle cell disease symptoms by reactivating a suppressed gene has attracted considerable interest.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of suppress.

Other Words From

• sup·pressed·ly [s, uh, -, prest, -lee, -, pres, -id-], adverb
• non·sup·pressed adjective
• qua·si-sup·pressed adjective
• un·sup·pressed adjective
• well-sup·pressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppressed¹

suppress ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

But in many places where fire has been suppressed for decades — if not centuries — there’s often so much vegetation that even controlled burns run the risk of exploding into a megafire.

From Los Angeles Times

Large amounts of Saharan dust may also have suppressed activity.

From BBC

By tuning interactions between the metal active sites and the support during catalyst synthesis, the scientists suppressed coke formation and metal sintering.

From Science Daily

However, long-term increases have been forecast in North Africa and the Middle East, where only 67% of people living with HIV are aware of their status, 50% access ART, and 45% are virally suppressed.

From Science Daily

“So I kind of suppressed my artistic endeavors. I was playing dumb to hang out with the dummies. I became something unfamiliar to what I was supposed to be.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened
• tethered