kept down
Prevented from rising
Kept down means suppressed or prevented from rising.
People are kept down when denied opportunities for advancement: The system kept down anyone who challenged it.
To keep food down is to avoid vomiting: She couldn't keep anything down.
Noise or costs kept down are maintained at low levels: We kept the music down so the neighbors wouldn't complain.
- repressedHeld back from expression
- containedKept within limits
- checkedConfirmed by examination
- curbedLimited or checked
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
persecuted · downtrodden · disenfranchised · pushed aside · victimized · held back · marginalized · passed over · subjugated · put in place · exploited · disempowered · restricted · bridled · stifled · stamped out · subdued · confined
vertical position/movement
kept downlifted
Raised upward
raised up · elevated · held up · hoisted · propped up
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