All repress antonyms
reΒ·press
R r verb repress
- hyping β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- flesh out β the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- glut β to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
- innervated β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- catalyzed β to act upon by catalysis.
- fan the flames β (Idiomatic) To intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- lapidate β to pelt with stones.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- curdling β Present participle of curdle.
- bunged β a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- lapidated β to pelt with stones.
- catapulted β an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- get through β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- be-thought β simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- nursle β (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- jostle β to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- wholesaling β the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- innervates β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- nurture β to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- arm-twist β to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- bring to mind β recall
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- make ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- arm-twisting β persuasion
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- mobilise β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- bandying β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bulleted β a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- gunned β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- look back β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.