bottle up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий подавлять или скрывать свои эмоции, особенно гнев или печаль, вместо того чтобы выражать их.

A phrasal verb meaning to repress or conceal one's emotions, especially anger or sadness, rather than expressing them.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Suppress emotionsinformal

   To hide or not express one's feelings, often leading to stress or frustration.

   Подавлять эмоции

   • He bottled up his anger until he couldn't take it anymore.
   • She tends to bottle up her sadness instead of talking about it.
   • Bottling up your emotions can be harmful to your mental health.

   Synonymschoke backcontainhold ininhibitrepressrestrainsmotherstiflesuppressswallow

   Antonymsexpressreleaseunburdenvent

2. Confine or trapinformal

   To keep something contained or trapped in a small space.

   Запереть или загнать в ловушку

   • The protesters were bottled up in the narrow street by the police.
   • The smoke was bottled up inside the room with no ventilation.
   • They felt bottled up in the tiny apartment during the lockdown.

   Synonymsconfinecontaincoop upenclosehem inshut intrap

   Antonymsfreeliberatereleaseunleash

Base verbbottle