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suppressed — adjective 1. kept from public knowledge by various means • Ant: ↑publicized • Similar to: ↑burked, ↑hushed up, ↑quelled, ↑quenched, ↑squelched, ↑unreleased 2 … Useful english dictionary
stifled — adjective held in check with difficulty a smothered cough a stifled yawn a strangled scream suppressed laughter • Syn: ↑smothered, ↑strangled, ↑suppressed … Useful english dictionary
strangled — adjective held in check with difficulty (Freq. 1) a smothered cough a stifled yawn a strangled scream suppressed laughter • Syn: ↑smothered, ↑stifled, ↑suppressed … Useful english dictionary
stifled — Synonyms and related words: arcane, bated, blurred, breathy, cabalistic, censored, choked, choking, classified, close, closed, concealed, croaking, crushed, cryptic, damped, dampened, dark, dead, deadened, drawling, drawly, dull, dulled,… … Moby Thesaurus
smothered — adjective 1. held in check with difficulty (Freq. 1) a smothered cough a stifled yawn a strangled scream suppressed laughter • Syn: ↑stifled, ↑strangled, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
inhibited — adj. 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; of behaviors. Opposite of {uninhibited}. [Narrower terms: {pent up, repressed ; {stifled, strangled, suppressed ]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pent-up repressed — inhibited inhibited adj. 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; of behaviors. Opposite of {uninhibited}. [Narrower terms: {pent up, repressed ; {stifled,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inhibited — adjective held back or restrained or prevented (Freq. 1) in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear • Ant: ↑uninhibited • Similar to: ↑pent up, ↑repressed, ↑smothered, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
muffled — [adj] quietened deadened, dim, dull, faint, flat, indistinct, mute, muted, obscure, silenced, stifled, strangled, subdued, suppressed; concept 594 Ant. clear, unblocked … New thesaurus
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
