oppress
11oppress — [[t]əpre̱s[/t]] oppresses, oppressing, oppressed 1) VERB To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. [be V ed] These people often are oppressed by the… …
12oppress — verb 1》 keep in subjection and hardship. 2》 make distressed or anxious. Derivatives oppression noun oppressor noun Origin ME: from OFr. oppresser, from med. L. oppressare, from L. oppress , opprimere press against …
13oppress — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere, from ob against + premere to press more at ob , press Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic suppress b. to crush or burden by… …
14oppress — verb a) To keep down by force Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse. b) To make sad or gloomy The rural poor were oppressed by the land owners. See …
15oppress — Synonyms and related words: abuse, addict, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, bear hard upon, beat down, beset, break, break down, bring to tears, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burden, burthen, busy, cast down, castrate, charge, clamp down on, coerce,… …
16oppress — op|press [əˈpres] v [T often passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere to press against ] 1.) to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same… …
17oppress — op|press [ ə pres ] verb transitive often passive 1. ) to treat people who are less powerful in an unfair and cruel way: The Orthodox Church had been ruthlessly oppressed during Stalin s regime. 2. ) to make someone feel very worried or unhappy …
18oppress — see PRESS …
19oppress — op·press || É™ pres v. repress; suppress; tyrannize …
20oppress — v. a. 1. Load, burden, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon. 2. Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, subdue. 3. Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over …
