Pent-up
(adjective)
- Held back or restrained, as emotions or energy.
- Suppressed or repressed, as feelings or desires.
Origin:
From pent ("shut in, confined") + -up, form of the past participle of put.
Examples:
- She felt pent-up anger and frustration.
- He had pent-up emotions that he couldn't express.
- The pent-up energy was released in a burst of activity.
- She had pent-up desires that needed to be fulfilled.
- The pent-up tension was palpable in the air.