bottle up — to keep feelings or emotions inside and not express them
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to keep feelings or emotions inside and not express them
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈbɑːtl̩ ʌp/
Example Sentences
- Don't bottle up your worries - talk to someone about them!
- My roommate bottles up his complaints and then explodes like a volcano once a month.
- She's been bottling up her disappointment about not getting promoted.
bottle up
VERB[/ˈbɑːtl̩ ʌp/]
to keep feelings or emotions inside and not express them
💡 Concept
He tries to bottle up his anger during the tense family dinner.
🎵 Rhyme
The model grips the throttle, trying to bottle up her rage!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/ˈbɑːtl̩ ʌp/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈbɒtl̩ ʌp/
🌳Etymology
Rootbottle
Suffix-up
🎵Rhyme
throttlebottlemodel
throttle
bottle
model
🔗Collocations
bottle up emotions
bottle up anger
bottle up feelings
bottle up stress
bottle up frustration
📝Examples
“Don't bottle up your worries - talk to someone about them!”
😄 Fun example
“My roommate bottles up his complaints and then explodes like a volcano once a month.”
“She's been bottling up her disappointment about not getting promoted.”
😄 Fun example
“I bottle up my excitement about pizza so people don't think I'm weird.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
suppressrepresshold backcontainrestrain
Antonyms
expressreleaseventlet out
Related
hold inkeep insideinternalizeconceal
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