oppress
Significat (Anglès)
- (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
- (obsolete, transitive) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
- (obsolete, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
Conceptes
Sinònims
treat badly
treat cruelly
press down
trample down
Traduccions
unterdrücken
opprimere
opprimer
oprimir
oprimir
persen
premereFreqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/əˈpɹɛs/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.
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