Bottle up
verb
To suppress or hide your true feelings or emotions.
She has been bottling up her anger for years.
Often appears as...
- bottle up emotions
- bottle up feelings
verb
To block and prevent something from being spread or released.
The enemies were bottled up in the valley by the army.
Often appears as...
- bottle up enemies
- bottle up forces
verb
To put in bottles for preservation, storage or for sale.
The winery bottles up its own special brand of wine.
Often appears as...
- bottle up wine
- bottle up beer
verb
To suppress or hide your true feelings or emotions.
She has been bottling up her anger for years.
Often appears as...
- bottle up emotions
- bottle up feelings
verb
To block and prevent something from being spread or released.
The enemies were bottled up in the valley by the army.
Often appears as...
- bottle up enemies
- bottle up forces
verb
To put in bottles for preservation, storage or for sale.
The winery bottles up its own special brand of wine.
Often appears as...
- bottle up wine
- bottle up beer
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Health
Bottling up emotions long-term might suggest that a character or person may not be emotionally healthy.
He never talked about his feelings, always bottling up his distress.
Pro Tip 2/3Reveal Tension
'Bottle up' can foreshadow a dramatic emotional release or breakdown later in a story.
She bottled up her sadness, but her friends feared she might eventually explode.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-literal Use
Used metaphorically to describe emotions, not physically restraining something.
Despite the frustration, he bottled up his urge to yell.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Health
Bottling up emotions long-term might suggest that a character or person may not be emotionally healthy.
He never talked about his feelings, always bottling up his distress.
Pro Tip 2/3Reveal Tension
'Bottle up' can foreshadow a dramatic emotional release or breakdown later in a story.
She bottled up her sadness, but her friends feared she might eventually explode.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-literal Use
Used metaphorically to describe emotions, not physically restraining something.
Despite the frustration, he bottled up his urge to yell.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Health
Bottling up emotions long-term might suggest that a character or person may not be emotionally healthy.
He never talked about his feelings, always bottling up his distress.
Pro Tip 2/3Reveal Tension
'Bottle up' can foreshadow a dramatic emotional release or breakdown later in a story.
She bottled up her sadness, but her friends feared she might eventually explode.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-literal Use
Used metaphorically to describe emotions, not physically restraining something.
Despite the frustration, he bottled up his urge to yell.
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