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ДЕРЖАТЬ В ЕЖОВЫХ РУКАВИЦАХ (БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ В ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ) кого coll VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WOto keep or assume strict control over s.o., subjugate, oppress s.o.: X держит Y-a в ежовых рукавицах = X keeps a tight rein on YX keeps Y in an iron grip X rules Y with an iron hand (fist, rod) X rules Y with a rod of iron X controls Y with a heavy hand (in limited contexts) X runs a tight ship X holds Y in a mailed fist.По правде сказать, он (Мандельштам) держал меня в ежовых рукавицах, а я побаивалась его, но виду не показывала и все пыталась не то чтобы соскользнуть, но ускользнуть хоть на часок (Мандельштам 2). То tell the truth, he (Mandelstam) kept a very tight rein on me, and indeed I was rather frightened of him, but I did not show it and kept trying not so much to escape as to slip away for an hour or so (2a)Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в черном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov... fell... under the strong influence ofhis protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash.. (1a).Руководитель) держал жену в ежовых рукавицах и, путешествуя по джунглям общепита, звонил ей, проверяя, дома ли она (Евтушенко 2)... Не (the leader) ruled (his wife) with an iron hand. As he traveled through the jungles of gastronomy, he telephoned home to make sure she was there (2a).«...Мужики Чичикова пьяницы...» - «Нужно... чтоб он держал их в ежовых рукавицах, гонял бы их за всякий вздор...» (Гоголь 3). ".. Chichikov's serfs are drunkards....""...He should rule them with a rod of iron, punish them for every trifle" (3a)....Он распечатал письмо и стал читать его вполголоса, делая свои замечания... „Теперь о деле... К вам моего повесу"... гм... „держать в ежовых рукавицах"...» (Пушкин 2). "...He broke the seal and started reading the letter under his breath, making comments as he read on....And now, turning to business.. my rascal to your care'., hmm... 'hold him in a mailed fist'" (2a). -
122 брать в ежовые рукавицы
• ДЕРЖАТЬ В ЕЖОВЫХ РУКАВИЦАХ <БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ В ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ> кого coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to keep or assume strict control over s.o., subjugate, oppress s.o.:- X keeps Y in an iron grip;- X rules Y with an iron hand (fist, rod);- X rules Y with a rod of iron;- [in limited contexts] X runs a tight ship;- X holds Y in a mailed fist.♦ По правде сказать, он [Мандельштам] держал меня в ежовых рукавицах, а я побаивалась его, но виду не показывала и все пыталась не то чтобы соскользнуть, но ускользнуть хоть на часок (Мандельштам 2). То tell the truth, he [Mandelstam] kept a very tight rein on me, and indeed I was rather frightened of him, but I did not show it and kept trying not so much to escape as to slip away for an hour or so (2a)♦ Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в черном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov... fell... under the strong influence ofhis protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash... (1a).♦ [Руководитель] держал жену в ежовых рукавицах и, путешествуя по джунглям общепита, звонил ей, проверяя, дома ли она (Евтушенко 2)... Не [the leader] ruled [his wife] with an iron hand. As he traveled through the jungles of gastronomy, he telephoned home to make sure she was there (2a).♦ "...Мужики Чичикова пьяницы..." - " Нужно... чтоб он держал их в ежовых рукавицах, гонял бы их за всякий вздор..." (Гоголь 3). ".. Chichikov's serfs are drunkards.He should rule them with a rod of iron, punish them for every trifle" (3a).♦ "...Он распечатал письмо и стал читать его вполголоса, делая свои замечания... "Теперь о деле... К вам моего повесу"... гм... " держать в ежовых рукавицах"..." (Пушкин 2). "...He broke the seal and started reading the letter under his breath, making comments as he read on....And now, turning to business... my rascal to your care'., hmm... 'hold him in a mailed fist"' (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > брать в ежовые рукавицы
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123 взять в ежовые рукавицы
• ДЕРЖАТЬ В ЕЖОВЫХ РУКАВИЦАХ <БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ В ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ> кого coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to keep or assume strict control over s.o., subjugate, oppress s.o.:- X keeps Y in an iron grip;- X rules Y with an iron hand (fist, rod);- X rules Y with a rod of iron;- [in limited contexts] X runs a tight ship;- X holds Y in a mailed fist.♦ По правде сказать, он [Мандельштам] держал меня в ежовых рукавицах, а я побаивалась его, но виду не показывала и все пыталась не то чтобы соскользнуть, но ускользнуть хоть на часок (Мандельштам 2). То tell the truth, he [Mandelstam] kept a very tight rein on me, and indeed I was rather frightened of him, but I did not show it and kept trying not so much to escape as to slip away for an hour or so (2a)♦ Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в черном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov... fell... under the strong influence ofhis protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash... (1a).♦ [Руководитель] держал жену в ежовых рукавицах и, путешествуя по джунглям общепита, звонил ей, проверяя, дома ли она (Евтушенко 2)... Не [the leader] ruled [his wife] with an iron hand. As he traveled through the jungles of gastronomy, he telephoned home to make sure she was there (2a).♦ "...Мужики Чичикова пьяницы..." - " Нужно... чтоб он держал их в ежовых рукавицах, гонял бы их за всякий вздор..." (Гоголь 3). ".. Chichikov's serfs are drunkards.He should rule them with a rod of iron, punish them for every trifle" (3a).♦ "...Он распечатал письмо и стал читать его вполголоса, делая свои замечания... "Теперь о деле... К вам моего повесу"... гм... " держать в ежовых рукавицах"..." (Пушкин 2). "...He broke the seal and started reading the letter under his breath, making comments as he read on....And now, turning to business... my rascal to your care'., hmm... 'hold him in a mailed fist"' (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > взять в ежовые рукавицы
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124 держать в ежовых рукавицах
• ДЕРЖАТЬ В ЕЖОВЫХ РУКАВИЦАХ <БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ В ЕЖОВЫЕ РУКАВИЦЫ> кого coll[VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to keep or assume strict control over s.o., subjugate, oppress s.o.:- X keeps Y in an iron grip;- X rules Y with an iron hand (fist, rod);- X rules Y with a rod of iron;- [in limited contexts] X runs a tight ship;- X holds Y in a mailed fist.♦ По правде сказать, он [Мандельштам] держал меня в ежовых рукавицах, а я побаивалась его, но виду не показывала и все пыталась не то чтобы соскользнуть, но ускользнуть хоть на часок (Мандельштам 2). То tell the truth, he [Mandelstam] kept a very tight rein on me, and indeed I was rather frightened of him, but I did not show it and kept trying not so much to escape as to slip away for an hour or so (2a)♦ Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в черном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov... fell... under the strong influence ofhis protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash... (1a).♦ [Руководитель] держал жену в ежовых рукавицах и, путешествуя по джунглям общепита, звонил ей, проверяя, дома ли она (Евтушенко 2)... Не [the leader] ruled [his wife] with an iron hand. As he traveled through the jungles of gastronomy, he telephoned home to make sure she was there (2a).♦ "...Мужики Чичикова пьяницы..." - " Нужно... чтоб он держал их в ежовых рукавицах, гонял бы их за всякий вздор..." (Гоголь 3). ".. Chichikov's serfs are drunkards.He should rule them with a rod of iron, punish them for every trifle" (3a).♦ "...Он распечатал письмо и стал читать его вполголоса, делая свои замечания... "Теперь о деле... К вам моего повесу"... гм... "держать в ежовых рукавицах"..." (Пушкин 2). "...He broke the seal and started reading the letter under his breath, making comments as he read on....And now, turning to business... my rascal to your care'., hmm... 'hold him in a mailed fist"' (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держать в ежовых рукавицах
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125 lemeza
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126 agobiado
adj.1 overwhelmed, overburdened.2 exhausted, tired.3 weighed-down, bent-over, bent, bowed.past part.past participle of spanish verb: agobiar.* * *1→ link=agobiar agobiar► adjetivo1 (doblado) bent over/down, weighed down* * *ADJ1) [persona]estar agobiado: estamos agobiados de trabajo — we're up to our eyes in work *
estaba agobiada por tantas visitas — she found all these visitors overwhelming o a bit too much *
no puedo hacerlo porque estoy agobiado con otras cosas — I can't do it, I'm rushed off my feet with other things * o I've got too much else on *
2) [lugar] clutteredel dormitorio queda muy agobiado con tantos muebles — the bedroom is very cluttered with all the furniture
3)ser agobiado de hombros — Cono Sur to have a stoop
* * *- da adjetivoa) ( abrumado)b) (esp Esp) ( angustiado)estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)
* * *= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.Ex. The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.Ex. This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.Ex. Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.Ex. Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.Ex. But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.Ex. The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.----* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( abrumado)b) (esp Esp) ( angustiado)estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)
* * *= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.Ex: The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.
Ex: This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.Ex: Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.Ex: Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.Ex: But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.Ex: The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.* * *agobiado -da1(abrumado): estamos agobiados de trabajo we're rushed off our feet with work ( colloq), we're snowed under with workestán agobiados de deudas they are burdened with debts, they're up to their ears in debt ( colloq)estaba agobiada con tantos problemas she was weighed down by so many problems2camina agobiado de hombros he walks with a stoop* * *
Del verbo agobiar: ( conjugate agobiar)
agobiado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
agobiado
agobiar
agobiado◊ -da adjetivo [estar] agobiado de algo ‹ de trabajo› snowed under with sth;
‹ de deudas› overwhelmed with sth;
agobiar ( conjugate agobiar) verbo transitivo [problemas/responsabilidad] to weigh o get … down;
[ calor] to oppress, get … down;
este niño me agobia this child is too much for me
agobiado,-a adjetivo overwhelmed: está agobiado de problemas, he's overwhelmed with problems
estoy agobiado de trabajo, I'm snowed under with work
agobiar verbo transitivo to overwhelm
' agobiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiada
- apurada
- apurado
English:
debt ridden
- pressure
* * *agobiado, -a adjestán agobiados de trabajo they're snowed under with work;están agobiados de problemas they're weighed down with problems;está agobiado por las deudas he's weighed down with debt, he's up to his ears in debt;está agobiado por el éxito the burden of his success is beginning to tell on him* * *adj figstressed out;agobiado de trabajo snowed under with work* * *agobiado, -da adj: weary, worn-out, weighted-down -
127 apremiar
v.1 to be pressing (ser urgente).¡el tiempo apremia! we're running out of time, time is short2 to urge, to excite, to buck up, to hasten.María apremiaba a su hijo a hablar Mary urged her son to talk.3 to compel.Ella apremió las directrices She compelled the guidelines.* * *1 (compeler) to urge, press, compel, put pressure on2 (dar prisa) to hurry, rush3 DERECHO to compel, constrain1 to be urgent■ el tiempo apremia time is short, time is running out, time presses on* * *verb1) to urge, press2) be urgent* * *1. VT1) (=apurar) to urge, urge on, press; (=obligar) to forceapremiar a algn a hacer algo, apremiar a algn para que haga algo — to press sb to do sth
2) (=dar prisa a) to hurry, hurry along3) (=oprimir) to oppress; (=acosar) to harass2.VI to be urgentapremiaba repararlo — it was in urgent need of repair work, it urgently needed repairing o to be repaired
* * *1.estamos apremiados de tiempo — we are pushed for o short of time
2.lo apremiaron con preguntas — they badgered o harassed him with questions
apremiar viel tiempo apremia — time is getting on o is pressing
* * *= come under + pressure, hustle.Ex. Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.Ex. The fair is open for visits from parents and friends as well as pupils and it is important that no one should be hustled through too quickly.----* dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.* tiempo + apremiar = time + press, time + be of the essence.* * *1.estamos apremiados de tiempo — we are pushed for o short of time
2.lo apremiaron con preguntas — they badgered o harassed him with questions
apremiar viel tiempo apremia — time is getting on o is pressing
* * *= come under + pressure, hustle.Ex: Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.
Ex: The fair is open for visits from parents and friends as well as pupils and it is important that no one should be hustled through too quickly.* dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.* tiempo + apremiar = time + press, time + be of the essence.* * *apremiar [A1 ]vt1(presionar): me están apremiando para que termine el trabajo they are putting pressure on me to get the job finished, they are pressuring ( AmE) o ( BrE) pressurising me to get the job finishedestamos apremiados de tiempo we are pushed for o short of timelo apremiaron con preguntas they badgered o harassed him with questionsno lo apremies que lo vas a poner nervioso don't hurry o rush him, you'll make him nervous2 ( Adm) to present a final demand to; ( Der) to obtain a court order o liability order against; (recargar) to surcharge■ apremiarviapremia enviar estos pedidos these orders must be sent off urgently o as soon as possibleel tiempo apremia time is getting on o is pressingapremia una solución a solution must be found as a matter of urgency* * *
apremiar ( conjugate apremiar) verbo transitivo ( presionar):
estamos apremiados de tiempo we are pushed for o short of time
verbo intransitivo
to be urgent;
el tiempo apremia time is getting on o is pressing
apremiar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (urgir, tener prisa) to be urgent
2 (acuciar, meter prisa) to press: el tiempo apremia, time is short
' apremiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achuchar
- acuciar
English:
hustle
* * *♦ vtnos apremian para que acabemos cuanto antes they are putting pressure on us to finish as soon as possible♦ vi[ser urgente]el tiempo apremia we're running out of time, time is short;apremia que se tome una decisión a decision urgently needs to be taken* * *I v/t pressure, put pressure onII v/i:el tiempo apremia time is pressing* * *apremiar vtinstar: to pressure, to urgeapremiar viurgir: to be urgentel tiempo apremia: time is of the essence -
128 pueblo
m.1 village (población) (pequeña).2 people.el pueblo español the Spanish people3 town, village, locality.4 nation.5 Pueblo.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: poblar.* * *1 (población) village2 (gente) people* * *noun m.1) village, town2) people* * *SM1) (Pol) people, nation2) (=plebe) common people pl, lower orders pl3) (=localidad pequeña) [gen] small town; [en el campo] country town; [de pocos habitantes] villageser de pueblo — [gen] to be a country person, be from the countryside; pey to be a country bumpkin *, be a country hick (EEUU) *
pueblo joven — Perú shanty town
* * *1) ( poblado) village; ( más grande) small town2) ( comunidad) peopleel pueblo español/vasco — the Spanish/Basque people
3) ( clase popular)•* * *= people, town, village.Ex. For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.Ex. Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.Ex. In the above example, when specifying the individual village, Ashworthy, we must employ a verbal extension to the 'normal' UDC notation.----* centro del pueblo = town centre.* chico de pueblo = small-town country boy.* Ciudad + y los pueblos de su alrededor = Greater + Ciudad + area.* defensor del pueblo = ombudsman [ombudsmen, -pl.].* dirigido al pueblo = people-driven.* habitante del pueblo = villager, village people, village man, village woman.* orientado hacia el pueblo = people-driven.* pensado para el pueblo = people-driven.* plaza del pueblo = town square.* pueblo amurallado = walled town.* pueblo de montaña = mountain village.* pueblo de pescadores = fishing community, fishing village.* pueblo, el = populace, the, common people, the.* pueblo fantasma = ghost town.* pueblo fortificado = walled town.* pueblo judío = shtetl.* pueblo lector = reading people.* pueblo minero = mining town.* pueblo pesquero = fishing community, fishing village.* ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* vecino del pueblo = villager, village people, village man, village woman.* * *1) ( poblado) village; ( más grande) small town2) ( comunidad) peopleel pueblo español/vasco — the Spanish/Basque people
3) ( clase popular)•* * *el pueblo= populace, the, common people, theEx: This would enable the majority of the rural populace who are illiterate and semi-literate to participate in cultural and intellectual entertainment.
Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.= people, town, village.Ex: For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.
Ex: Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.Ex: In the above example, when specifying the individual village, Ashworthy, we must employ a verbal extension to the 'normal' UDC notation.* centro del pueblo = town centre.* chico de pueblo = small-town country boy.* Ciudad + y los pueblos de su alrededor = Greater + Ciudad + area.* defensor del pueblo = ombudsman [ombudsmen, -pl.].* dirigido al pueblo = people-driven.* habitante del pueblo = villager, village people, village man, village woman.* orientado hacia el pueblo = people-driven.* pensado para el pueblo = people-driven.* plaza del pueblo = town square.* pueblo amurallado = walled town.* pueblo de montaña = mountain village.* pueblo de pescadores = fishing community, fishing village.* pueblo, el = populace, the, common people, the.* pueblo fantasma = ghost town.* pueblo fortificado = walled town.* pueblo judío = shtetl.* pueblo lector = reading people.* pueblo minero = mining town.* pueblo pesquero = fishing community, fishing village.* ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* vecino del pueblo = villager, village people, village man, village woman.* * *A (poblado) village; (más grande) small townde cada pueblo un paisano ( RPl fam hum): los vasos son de cada pueblo un paisano the glasses are all different, none of the glasses matchyo soy de pueblo ( Esp); I'm a country boyCompuestos:dead-end town, one-horse townghost town( Per) shantytownB (comunidad, nación) peopleun pueblo nómada a nomadic peoplepueblos primitivos primitive peoplesel pueblo judío the Jewish peoplela voz del pueblo the voice of the peopleel pueblo español/vasco the Spanish/Basque peopleuna rebelión del pueblo a popular uprisingun gobierno del pueblo y para el pueblo a government of the people for the peoplepolíticos que engañan al pueblo politicians who mislead the people o countryCompuesto:chosen peopleC(clase popular): el pueblo the working classCompuesto:el pueblo llano the ordinary people* * *
Del verbo poblar: ( conjugate poblar)
pueblo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
poblar
pueblo
poblar ( conjugate poblar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹territorio/región›
2 pueblo algo DE algo ‹ bosque› to plant sth with sth;
‹río/colmena› to stock sth with sth
poblarse verbo pronominal [tierra/colonia] to be settled
pueblo sustantivo masculino
1 ( poblado) village;
( más grande) small town;◊ pueblo joven (Per) shantytown
2
poblar verbo transitivo
1 (habitar, vivir) to inhabit
2 (llenar de gente, repoblar) to populate
pueblo sustantivo masculino
1 village, small town
2 (comunidad, nación) people
la voluntad del pueblo, the will of the people
3 (clase popular) common people
' pueblo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatirse
- arriba
- aterrizar
- belicosa
- belicoso
- cercana
- cercano
- chalet
- comidilla
- costumbre
- defensor
- defensora
- dejada
- dejado
- dominar
- erigirse
- escogida
- escogido
- fantasma
- fiesta
- guerrera
- guerrero
- honra
- incomunicar
- incomunicada
- incomunicado
- indomable
- levantamiento
- levantarse
- llana
- llano
- malencarada
- malencarado
- morirse
- muerta
- muerto
- población
- residir
- soberana
- soberano
- amo
- amotinado
- amotinar
- asentado
- atrasado
- bagaje
- barbarie
- civilizar
- conquista
- conquistar
English:
about
- amok
- annihilate
- besiege
- chosen
- cross-country
- curve
- cut off
- developing
- dreary
- drift
- folk
- hilly
- inflict
- inhospitable
- language
- life
- ombudsman
- oppress
- people
- populace
- poverty
- raze
- seaside town
- serve
- settle
- side
- skirt
- stand
- straddle
- subdue
- town
- uncivilized
- uninhabited
- via
- village
- village hall
- bury
- country
- do
- due
- elder
- hole
- home
- nestle
- peaceful
- popular
- villager
- way
* * *♦ nm1. [población] [pequeña] village;[grande] town; Pey Ampueblo chico, infierno grande village life can be very claustrophobicpueblo abandonado ghost town;pueblo fantasma ghost town;Perú pueblo joven shanty town;pueblo de mala muerte one-horse town;Am pueblo nuevo shanty town2. [nación, ciudadanos] people;la voluntad del pueblo the will of the people;el pueblo español the Spanish peopleel pueblo elegido the chosen peopleel pueblo llano the common people, ordinary people* * *yokel desp* * *pueblo nm1) nación: people2) : common people3) aldea, poblado: town, village* * *pueblo n1. (población) village / small town2. (gente) people
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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