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[ pent-uhp ] / ˈpɛntˈʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pent-up ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveconfined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed: pent-up emotions; pent-up rage. Origin of pent-upFirst recorded in 1705–15; adj. use of verb phrase pent up SYNONYMS FOR pent-uprepressed, suppressed, bottled-up. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pent-up ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby pent-upPentothal, Pentothal sodium, pentoxide, pentoxifylline, pentstemon, pent-up, pentyl, pentyl acetate, pentylenetetrazol, pentyl group, penuche Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pent-upIs it the Internet as an escape valve for decades of pent-up rebellion against political correctness? Why Are Men So Angry?|Kay Hymowitz|February 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST All that pent-up uncertainty—a “bonus,” by definition, is discretionary—creates paranoia pretty much all year. Europe's Got Balls|Randall Lane|July 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST Pent-up grievances fester, and the suppression of tribal and religious identity can lead to violence. Obama's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech|Barack Obama|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST There is indeed pent-up energy and aggression, but much in the show is also funny and sweet. Tim Burton's Twisted Art|Kate Taylor|November 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Once he got his foppish foot in the door, he celebrated by unleashing the full majesty of his pent-up fashion exhibitionism. Benjamin Disraeli: Dead Cool|Simon Doonan|September 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST We lived with a pent-up volcano beneath us, and, day and night, we were ceaselessly vigilant. Captain Canot|Brantz Mayer There will be no pent-up energies here to burst out into disaster for yourself and others. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories|Gertrude Atherton It was Toomey's chance, after weeks of pent-up rage for battle, and he couldn't throw it away. To The Front|Charles King Sawaichi lay on the ground and gave vent to the pent-up misery in his heart. Romances of Old Japan|Yei Theodora Ozaki They are pent-up reservoirs of energy, which almost any influence will tap. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)|J. Arthur Thomson
British Dictionary definitions for pent-up
adjective (pent up when postpositive)not released; repressedpent-up emotions kept unwillinglyI've been pent up in this office for over a year Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pent-upstifled, repressed, suppressed, inhibited, restrained, restricted, smothered, constrained, bridled, checked, curbed |