Etymology: [ &-'pres ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English oppressen Old French oppresser Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentive of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”) ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.
To make sad or gloomy, Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush, To keep down by force, come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists", repress; suppress; tyrannize, To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty, If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. It was not just the weather which oppressed her, To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us, cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union", To put down; to crush out; to suppress, To ravish; to violate, To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach, come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists, laden, downpress, Subject to oppression, Simple past tense and past participle of oppress, People who are oppressed are treated cruelly or are prevented from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. Before they took power, they felt oppressed by the white English speakers who controlled things The oppressed are people who are oppressed. a sense of community with the poor and oppressed, past of oppress, depressed; suppressed, subdued, burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure", third-person singular of oppress, present participle of oppress, subduing, suppressing; depressing,
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To make sad or gloomy - "We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."
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Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush - "Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse."
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To keep down by force - "The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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repress; suppress; tyrannize fiil
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty
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If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. It was not just the weather which oppressed her
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To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us
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cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
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To put down; to crush out; to suppress
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To ravish; to violate
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To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists
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Oppressed.
laden
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To oppress.
downpress
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oppressed
Subject to oppression
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oppressed
Simple past tense and past participle of oppress
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oppressed
People who are oppressed are treated cruelly or are prevented from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. Before they took power, they felt oppressed by the white English speakers who controlled things The oppressed are people who are oppressed. a sense of community with the poor and oppressed
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oppressed
past of oppress
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depressed; suppressed, subdued sıfat
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burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
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