pent up

pent up
Synonyms and related words:
arrested, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, bridled, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, constrained, controlled, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, curbed, detained, enclosed, fenced, guarded, hedged, hemmed, immured, impounded, imprisoned, in check, in confinement, in leading strings, in remission, incarcerated, inhibited, jailed, kept in, leaguered, mewed, on leash, paled, penned, pent, quarantined, railed, restrained, restricted, retarded, shut-in, slowed down, under control, under discipline, under restraint, walled, walled-in

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  • pent- — pent(a) ♦ Élément, du gr. pente « cinq ». pent(a) élément, du grec pente, cinq . ⇒PENT(A) , PENT(É) , (PENT , PENTA , PENTÉ )élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. «cinq …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pent- — [↑ Penta ] Zahlwortstamm in Namen von Verb. oder Gruppen mit 5 C Atomen, z. B. Pentanol, Penten, Pentyl , vgl. Isopent . * * * pent , Pent : ↑ penta , Penta . * * * pent , Pent : ↑penta , ↑Penta . pen|ta , Pen|ta …   Universal-Lexikon

  • pent-up — [ˌpent ˈʌp] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: pent an old past participle of pen; PEN12] pent up feelings or energy have not been expressed or used for a long time ▪ years of pent up anger and frustration …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pent — prt. žr. bent: Pent tris arba keturis kartus DP135. Pent vieną ašarėlę DP32. Juos baisiai plakė, idant pent tuo būdu jop grįžtų DP80. Rūpinkimės, idant pent mažiausiaisiais būtumbim karalystoje DP485 …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • Pent — Pent, p. p. or a. [From {Pen}, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; often with up. [1913 Webster] Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster] No pent up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pent-up — /pent up /, adj. confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed: pent up emotions; pent up rage. [1705 15; adj. use of v. phrase pent up] Syn. repressed, suppressed, bottled up. * * * …   Universalium

  • pent-up — [ ,pent ʌp ] adjective a pent up emotion is a strong feeling that you do not express and that gradually becomes more difficult to control: pent up excitement/frustration/fear …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pent up — UK [ˌpent ˈʌp] US adjective pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control pent up excitement/​frustration/​fear Thesaurus: general words used to describe… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pent-up — UK US /ˌpentˈʌp/ adjective [before noun] ► ECONOMICS used to describe strong demand for a product that has not had the opportunity of being expressed as sales, for example because consumers have had too little money: »Sales of heavy lorries… …   Financial and business terms

  • pent — kept in, confined, mid 16c., variant of penned, pp. of the verb from PEN (Cf. pen) (2). Pent up (also pent up) is from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • pent-up — [pent′up′] adj. held in check; curbed; confined [pent up emotion] …   English World dictionary

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