bottled up (Meaning)

bottled up

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

FAQs About the word bottled up

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

choked (back), held back, tamed, contained, swallowed, pocketed, ruled, regulated, arrested, checked

lost, took out, unleashed, expressed,liberated, loosened, loosed, vented,aired

The shattered glass scattered across the floor, revealing a bottled-up rage that had erupted.

Years of pent-up emotions were bottled up inside her, threatening to overflow.

The child's bottled-up sadness manifested as unexpected outbursts of anger.

The therapist helped the client identify and release the bottled-up trauma that had been holding them back.