what's the "barely suppressed anger" mean?
barely suppressed anger?
suppressed here is an adj or a verb?

thanks

Question

what's the "barely suppressed anger" mean?
barely suppressed anger?  
suppressed here is an adj or a verb?

thanks

Answer

the anger is being supressed
the supression of that anger is ineffective

I believe that "supressed" is a transitive verb here and "anger" is the object of the transitive verb.
"Barely" is the adverb modifing "supressed" indicating that the supression of the anger is barely effective.