Definitions for pent-up
pent-up

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1. pent-up, repressedadjective

   characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

   "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"

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1. pent-upadjective

   not expressed

2. pent-upadjective

   repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses

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1. pent-up

   Pent-up generally refers to feelings or energy that have been repressed or held back and are often strong or intense. These could be emotions, desires, or responses that have not been expressed or released for a long period of time.

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1. uppent

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pent-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pent-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pent-up in a Sentence

1. Kieran Curtis:

   There is pent-up demand for exposure to China, but we are probably in a period when the world is happy not to hold too much of it, you get a pretty decent (bond) yield but people will be reluctant to pile in because of expectations of currency depreciation.

2. Tim League:

   Because of the increase in vaccination availability, a very exciting slate of new releases and pent-up audience demand, we're extremely confident that by the end of 2021, the cinema industry — and our theaters specifically — will be thriving.

3. Lawrence Yun:

   Either a strong pent-up demand will show in the upcoming months, or there is a lack of confidence that is keeping buyers from major expenditure.

4. Ted Rossman:

   Consumer spending certainly isn’t falling off a cliff, but we are seeing ample evidence that Americans are becoming more reluctant to make certain purchases, especially larger expenses and acquiring physical goods, services spending has been more robust, perhaps still owing to pent-up demand that stacked up during the pandemic for things like traveling and dining out.

5. Richard Farley:

   I think it's clearly sort of pent-up demand on the sponsor side, the market has not been strong for dividend deals since last fall, and now I think you've had a number of deals come because they could.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pent-up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pent-Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
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