Oppress

Verb

 * 1)  Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
 * , II.x:
 * Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
 * 1)  To keep down by force
 * The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
 * 1)  To make sad or gloomy
 * We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

Related terms

 * oppression

Adverbs for Oppress
sorely; sternly; vigorously; viciously; ruthlessly; odiously; dictatorially; unremittingly; cruelly; spiritually; rigidly; hideously.

Thesaurus
abuse, addict, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, bear hard upon, beat down, beset, break, break down, bring to tears, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burden, burthen, busy, cast down, castrate, charge, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, crush, crush one, cumber, cut up, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, daunt, deject, depress, desolate, despotize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, distress, domineer, domineer over, draw tears, drive, embitter, encumber, enslave, exhaust, fag, freight, go hard with, go ill with, grieve, grind, grind down, hamper, handicap, harass, harry, haunt, haunt the memory, henpeck, hound, hunt, intimidate, inundate, keep busy, keep down, keep under, knock down, lade, lie on, load, lord it over, lower, lower the spirits, maltreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overawe, overbear, overburden, overcome, overdrive, overload, overmaster, overpower, override, overtask, overtax, overthrow, overweight, overwhelm, overwork, persecute, press, press down, press hard upon, press heavy on, pressure, prey on, prostrate, pursue, put down, repress, rest hard upon, ride over, ride roughshod over, sadden, saddle, sink, sorrow, subdue, subjugate, suppress, sweat, task, tax, terrorize, tire, torment, torture, trample down, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, trouble, try one, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, victimize, walk all over, walk over, wear down, wear out, wear upon one, weary, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh heavy upon, weigh on, weigh upon, weight down, work

Etymology
< oppressen: <  oppresser: <  oppressare:, frequentive of  opprimere:, past participle oppressus: < ob: + premere:, past participle pressus:; see press.

Translations

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 * Hungarian: nyomorgat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 圧迫する (あっぱくする, appaku suru)
 * Korean: 압박하다 (apbakhada)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: притеснять (pritesnját’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: nedtrycka


 * Finnish: painaa + genitive + mieltä, ahdistaa


 * Hungarian: lenyom