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QUELL |
Repress |
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STIFLE |
Repress |
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CLAMPDOWN |
Repress or suppress |
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REVOKE |
To hold back; to repress; to restrain. |
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CONSTRAIN |
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. |
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REPRESSIVE |
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive
acts or measures. |
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COERCE |
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to
repress; to curb. |
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TAME |
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or
passions of youth. |
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CHECK |
To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to
hinder; to repress; to curb. |
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HUSH |
To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress
the noise or clamor of. |
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DAUNT |
To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of
danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten. |
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SMOTHER |
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. |
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FROWN |
To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or
disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into
silence. |
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SLACKEN |
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow
or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry. |
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BLUNT |
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. |
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REPRESS |
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or
out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or
rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. |
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RESTRAIN |
To draw back again; to hold back from acting,
proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. |
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STOP |
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;... |
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MODERATE |
...om a
state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make
temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; ... |