oppress+(verb)

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• oppress — ► VERB 1) keep in subjection and hardship. 2) cause to feel distressed or anxious. DERIVATIVES oppression noun oppressor noun. ORIGIN Old French oppresser, from Latin opprimere press against …   English terms dictionary

• oppress — verb 1》 keep in subjection and hardship. 2》 make distressed or anxious. Derivatives oppression noun oppressor noun Origin ME: from OFr. oppresser, from med. L. oppressare, from L. oppress , opprimere press against …   English new terms dictionary

• oppress — verb a) To keep down by force Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse. b) To make sad or gloomy The rural poor were oppressed by the land owners. See …   Wiktionary

• oppress — verb (transitive often passive) 1 to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights that other people in society have: Native tribes had been oppressed by the government and police for years. 2 to make… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• oppress — verb 1) the invaders oppressed the people Syn: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist/hand 2) the darkness of …   Thesaurus of popular words

• oppress — verb Syn: persecute, tyrannize, crush, repress, subjugate, subdue, keep down …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• oppress — UK [əˈpres] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms oppress : present tense I/you/we/they oppress he/she/it oppresses present participle oppressing past tense oppressed past participle oppressed 1) to treat people who are less powerful… …   English dictionary

• oppress — [[t]əpre̱s[/t]] oppresses, oppressing, oppressed 1) VERB To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. [be V ed] These people often are oppressed by the… …   English dictionary

• oppress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. persecute, burden, crush, afflict, grieve, load, de press; overbear, compress, overtax, overburden; tyrannize. See malevolence, badness, severity, subjection, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trouble …   English dictionary for students

• oppress — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere, from ob against + premere to press more at ob , press Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic suppress b. to crush or burden by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oppress — op|press [ ə pres ] verb transitive often passive 1. ) to treat people who are less powerful in an unfair and cruel way: The Orthodox Church had been ruthlessly oppressed during Stalin s regime. 2. ) to make someone feel very worried or unhappy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English