suppressed
Kept from surfacing
Suppressed describes something that has been held back, restrained, or prevented from appearing.
A suppressed laugh is one you struggle to contain.
Suppressed evidence has been deliberately withheld.
A suppressed memory remains hidden from conscious awareness.
A suppressed immune system functions below normal capacity.
In firearms, a suppressed weapon has a silencer attached to muffle the sound.
Compressed into fragments
- quashedAnnulled or suppressed
- silencedRendered unable to speak
- squashedCrushed by force
- put-downDisparaging remark
defeated · overpowered · subdued · vanquished · thwarted · extinguished · smothered · stifled
Held back by self-consciousness
- controlledKept within limits
- containedKept within limits
- restrainedHeld under control
- checkedConfirmed by examination
curbed · constrained · bridled · stifled · smothered · internalized · denied · withheld
Made invisible deliberately
- hiddenKept out of sight
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
veiled · obscured · buried · undisclosed · secret · classified · censored · redacted
Reduced in intensity
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- toned-downMade less extreme
- softenedMade less severe
- dampenedMade moist or subdued
diminished · quieted · hushed · lowered · reduced · tempered · moderated · understated
crushed
Compressed into fragments
put-down · defeated · overpowered · subdued · vanquished · thwarted · extinguished · smothered · stifled · squelched
inhibited
Held back by self-consciousness
- controlledKept within limits
- containedKept within limits
- restrainedHeld under control
checked · curbed · constrained · bridled · stifled · smothered · internalized · denied · withheld · unexpressed
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
- hiddenKept out of sight
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
undercover · veiled · obscured · buried · undisclosed · secret · classified · censored · redacted · withheld
subdued
Reduced in intensity
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- toned-downMade less extreme
- softenedMade less severe
dampened · diminished · quieted · hushed · lowered · reduced · tempered · moderated · understated · restrained
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
- restrainedrestrained, reserved, subdued, controlled, muted
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
- Unconsciousid, ego, superego, repression, dreams
- vote suppressionDiscouraging or preventing casting ballots
- voter suppressionTactics discouraging ballot access
- cough suppressantDrug reducing throat spasms
- suppressed laughRestrained audible amusement
- fire suppressionControlling or eliminating flames
- suppressing fireGunfire restricting enemy movement
suppress, suppression, suppressing, suppresses, suppressive, unsuppressed, suppressor, suppressible, suppressant