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Adjective pent-up has 1 sense
- pent-up, repressed - 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"
Antonym: uninhibited (indirect, via inhibited)
Verb pen-up has 1 sense
- pen up, fold - confine in a fold, like sheep
--1 is one way to restrain, confine, hold
Sample sentence:
They want to pen up the prisoners
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