0 Pent-up feelings are not allowed to be expressed or released: --
Screaming at the top of your voice is a good way of venting pent-up frustration.
1 (of feelings) not expressed or released: --
His pent-up anger and frustration burst forth.
2 used to describe strong demand for a product that has not had the opportunity of being expressed as sales, for example because consumers have had too little money: --
Sales of heavy lorries increased, reflecting the improvement in the economy and pent-up demand from delayed purchases.
It was accelerated by the pent-up flood of imports which came in late last year and early this year.
Last year, because of the frustrations and pent-up emotions in the prisons, over £14 million was spent on putting right damage caused by riots and disruptions.
After all, are, not these meetings often a safety valve for the pent-up emotions of the people?
They are obviously venting some of their pent-up anxieties on their opponents.
There is a pent-up demand for housing among young people who, when they obtain better work, will want to buy a house.
It cannot be denied that there is an enormous pent-up demand for these refuges.
It becomes increasingly difficult to break out of that situation without stimulating an upsurge of pent-up demands.
Perhaps this is pent-up frustration bursting out after the greyness of a week's work which never varies in its rather soulless pattern.
