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

In patients with a compromised or suppressed immune system, such as organ transplant recipients and people infected with HIV, HEV can become chronic.

From Science Daily

“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

Peterson designed “Lover of Men” to connect Lincoln’s suppressed history to the larger queer experience in America and human history.

From Salon

The right to vote will also be dramatically restricted—voting for the Democrats may be "legal" but those votes will be suppressed if not nullified as being "fraudulent."

From Salon

Related Words

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