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Synonyms & Antonyms of oppression
a state or spell of low spirits
- suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
Synonyms for oppression
- blue devils,
- 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
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“Oppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppression. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.
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