Synonyms for pent-up
pent-up

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1. pent-up, repressedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   repressed

   Antonyms:
   uninhibited

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1. List of paraphrases for "pent-up":

   repressed, uptight, accumulated

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1. Josh Holmes:

   The great irony of Democrats celebrating fissures amongst Republicans in recent years is that historically they're much less capable of confronting the extreme elements within their party than the GOP, now we're watching several years of pent-up liberal aggression about to spill into divisive primaries that will undoubtedly complicate things considerably for their Senate chances.

2. Brian Czarnecki:

   I think there is a huge pent-up demand for skiers, so it's now going to be a race for operators of the large resorts in the Northeast, with all eyes on Martin Luther King Day, unfortunately, it's a cycle, but the ski business is resilient.

3. Martin Johnston:

   There is pent-up enthusiasm to do something.

4. Doug Parker:

   I've got 10 straight months of data saying that people are ready to travel in six months. It keeps saying the same thing, what I do believe is that once people are comfortable, it will come back relatively quickly. There is huge pent-up demand to travel. We hear it everywhere we go. But no one is going to travel until there are things to do when you travel, and until the vaccine is distributed and the pandemic is largely eradicated.

5. Stephen Jen:

   We want to get it over with, get a fresh start to the year, no pent up expectations. In fact, if they don't do it in December then January would be volatile.