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

“We’re continuing to work diligently... to get this fire suppressed, to get things mopped up, to get things closed up and get things things ready for people to come back in,” Gardner said.

From Los Angeles Times

Rio previously told Agatha that Billy wasn’t hers, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t muster that maternal instinct she suppressed.

From Salon

Moi, in office from 1978 to 2002, ruled Kenya with an iron fist and ruthlessly suppressed his political opponents.

From BBC

The statue depicts a pivotal scene from Get Out, written and directed by Jordan Peele, where Kaluuya’s character is hypnotised by his girlfriend’s mother and finds himself receding into "the Sunken Place", a suppressed metaphysical abyss.

From BBC

"The review that was done into the complaints made against him has been suppressed. So there's no faith. It's convenient for the BBC that he doesn't work for the BBC any more. So they've done away with it."

From BBC

Related Words

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