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oppress
[uh-pres]
verb (used with object)
to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power.
a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
Synonyms: ,to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.).
Care and sorrow oppressed them.
Antonyms: ,to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
Archaic.to put down; subdue or suppress.
Archaic.to press upon or against; crush.
oppress
/ əˈɛ /
verb
to subjugate by cruelty, force, etc
to afflict or torment
to lie heavy on (the mind, imagination, etc)
an obsolete word for overwhelm
Other 51Թ Forms
- oppressible adjective
- oppressor noun
- preoppress verb (used with object)
- reoppress verb (used with object)
- unoppressible adjective
- DZˈǰ noun
- DZˈԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oppress1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oppress1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Diamond argued that Americans and Europeans exemplify the freedoms of modernity, while more “traditional societies” oppress people by restricting their travel.
Some visitors who were making hand signs said they were expressing their disapproval of a regime that, they’d been taught, oppressed Vietnamese people.
They argue their constitutional rights were trampled on "to punish and oppress political allies" of Trump.
"This has always been a government way of oppressing, intimidating and suppressing citizens because they know the courts don't sit over the weekend – and now we have a public holiday," Ms Odhiambo said.
But all share a view that men are the oppressed ones in our society, supposedly denied their ability to bro out and be their full manly selves.
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