pent

Describes a state of being confined, shut in, or held back, often used in the phrase 'pent up' to refer to suppressed emotions or energy.

• 🇵🇹Descreve o estado de estar confinado, preso ou contido; costuma aparecer na expressão 'pent up' para indicar emoções ou energia reprimidas.

1. Closely confined B2 formal

   Kept in a small or restricted space; unable to move freely.

   • The pent-up energy of the children was released during recess.
   • He felt pent in the small office with no windows.
   • The animal looked pent and restless in its cage.

   🇵🇹Confinado

   Sinônimos: confinedenclosedimprisonedshut in

   Antônimos: freelooseunconfined

• more pent comparative form
• most pent superlative form