oppress

verb · nounB1

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verb
V_es/s
oppresses
V_ing/Gerund
oppressing
V_ed/pp
oppressedno-table-tags
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To keep down by unjust force.

    The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.

    Đồng nghĩa: suppress

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To make sad or gloomy.

    We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

    Đồng nghĩa: begloom, get down, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate, darken, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, engrieve, forset, get down, grieven, moan, oppress, repent, rue, sadden, sadden up, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset

  3. 3.

    (obsolete, transitive)Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

    Đồng nghĩa: depress, downbear, squash

  4. 4.

    (obsolete, transitive)To sexually violate; to rape.

    Đồng nghĩa: outrage, violate, vitiate, abuse, constuprate, defile, defoul, dishonour, force, misuse, oppress, outrage, pollute, rape, ravage, ravish, r-word, scotch, turn out, violate, viole, vitiate, grape

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
oppresses
  1. 1.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Oppression.

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Đồng nghĩa

suppressbegloomget downaggrieveattristbegrievebesorrowgrievepainbring downcome down oncontristatedarkendashdejectdepressdesolatedispiritengrieveforset

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from oppressare (to press against, oppress), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (to press against, press together, oppress), from ob (against) + premere, past participle pressus (to press); see press.

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