bottling up Synonyms

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to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it

She had been bottling up her emotions for years, leading to an explosive outburst.
I find it hard to confide in others, preferring to bottle up my feelings instead.
The bottled-up tension between the two roommates made the atmosphere unbearable.
Despite her attempts to bottle up her grief, it eventually spilled out as tears.
The therapist encouraged her to express her bottled-up emotions rather than suppressing them.
The bottled-up resentment against the boss erupted during a company meeting.
I noticed her bottled-up anxiety through her nervous gestures and fidgeting.
The pressure of a deadline had him bottling up his stress, affecting his sleep.
She couldn't bottle up her anger any longer and confronted her abusive partner.
The bottled-up secrets in the family haunted the youngest child, who felt a weight of unspoken truths.

to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it

choking (back), pulling in, holding back, measuring, smothering,reining (in), sinking, mincing, checking, ruling

losing,taking out, loosening, liberating, expressing, airing, unleashing, loosing,venting

She had been bottling up her emotions for years, leading to an explosive outburst.

I find it hard to confide in others, preferring to bottle up my feelings instead.

The bottled-up tension between the two roommates made the atmosphere unbearable.

Despite her attempts to bottle up her grief, it eventually spilled out as tears.