Definitions for pent-up

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Spelling: [pent-uhp]
IPA: /ˈpɛntˈʌp/

Pent-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in pent-up (-enpptu).

Definitions for pent-up

adjective

  1. confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed:

Origin of pent-up

First recorded in 1705-15; adj. use of verb phrase pent up

Examples for pent-up

There is indeed pent-up energy and aggression, but much in the show is also funny and sweet.

Mercy had heard all, and her pent-up grief broke out in sobs.

He would like to have had a few at that moment as a relief to his pent-up emotions.

Then, left alone with her pent-up emotions, she no longer resisted them.

All that pent-up uncertainty—a “bonus,” by definition, is discretionary—creates paranoia pretty much all year.

pent-up grievances fester, and the suppression of tribal and religious identity can lead to violence.

It seemed a relief to the pent-up feelings to sing at the top of the voice.

Is it the Internet as an escape valve for decades of pent-up rebellion against political correctness?

He smiled knowingly at her, and Marion loosed some of her pent-up laughter.

Once he got his foppish foot in the door, he celebrated by unleashing the full majesty of his pent-up fashion exhibitionism.

Word Value for pent-up
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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