Bottle up

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verb

To suppress or hide your true feelings or emotions.

She has been bottling up her anger for years.
Visual representation of "bottle up" - To suppress or hide your true feelings or emotions

Often appears as...

  • bottle up emotions
  • bottle up feelings
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Emotional Health

Bottling up emotions long-term might suggest that a character or person may not be emotionally healthy.

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He never talked about his feelings, always bottling up his distress.
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Reveal Tension

'Bottle up' can foreshadow a dramatic emotional release or breakdown later in a story.

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She bottled up her sadness, but her friends feared she might eventually explode.
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Non-literal Use

Used metaphorically to describe emotions, not physically restraining something.

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Despite the frustration, he bottled up his urge to yell.
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