repressed
adj.keeping your feelings or desires hidden and not allowing yourself to express them. It often describes someone who is unable to show their true emotions because of social pressure or past experiences.
adj.characterised by the suppression of impulses, emotions, or memories, particularly those that are socially unacceptable or psychologically painful. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'seem' or 'remain'.
“He is very repressed and never talks about his feelings.”
“The character in the novel is a repressed clerk who finally finds his voice after moving to a new city.”
“Psychologists argue that repressed memories can manifest as physical symptoms if the individual does not find a healthy outlet for their underlying emotional trauma.”
Often functions as a participial adjective; frequently appears before nouns like 'emotions', 'desires', or 'memories'.
From repress + -ed.
From re- + pressed.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.