oppress
op·press
verb \ə-ˈpres\Definition of OPPRESS
transitive verb
1
a archaic : suppress b : to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority
2
: to burden spiritually or mentally : weigh heavily upon
— op·pres·sor \-ˈpre-sər\ noun
Examples of OPPRESS
- The country has long been oppressed by a ruthless dictator.
- They condemned attempts by the government to oppress its citizens.
- people who have traditionally been oppressed by society
Origin of OPPRESS
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Related Words: ail, distress, trouble; afflict, torment, torture; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, get down, unnerve; agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, disturb, exercise, freak (out), perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
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Rhymes with OPPRESS
abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress
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