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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet" [syn: pent-up, repressed]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Pent-up emotions, energies, or forces have been held back and not expressed, used, or released. He still had a lot of pent-up anger to release. ADJ: usu ADJ n