Definition of oppression
- the continuing oppression of the … underclasses
- —H. A. Daniels
- unfair taxes and other oppressions
- an oppression of spirits
suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
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blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness;
bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness;
gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness;
cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, hopefulness, optimism, sunniness;
anguish, dolor, grief, mourning, somberness, sorrow, woefulness;
discouragement, disheartenment;
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