What does bottle up mean?

bottle up means "consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior".

What is another word for bottle up?

Close synonyms include inhibit, suppress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bottle up a common word?

bottle up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bottle up — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
“suppress a smile”
“he let his anger bottle up until he exploded”
Synonymsinhibit suppress
Narrowerstifle smother choke

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What does bottle up mean?: bottle up means "consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior".

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