oppress

Meaning

  1. To keep down by unjust force.
  2. To make sad or gloomy.
  3. (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  4. (obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.

Synonyms

treat badly

treat cruelly

press down

trample down

strech

weigh heavy

treat with contempt

treat unjustly

be cruel

depotize

treat with harshness

accuse falsely

do violence to

harrass

press hard

press together

take by force

trample upon

treat roughly

tyrannize over

be a burden

take advantage of someone weaker

coerce and bully

press hard upon

press heavily

weigh upon

hold in bondage

mal-treat

dead milling

drive on

load down

overbear

press upon

Frequency

33k
Hyphenated as
op‧press
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɹɛs/
Etymology

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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