oppress
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To keep down by unjust force.
The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
Đồng nghĩa: suppress
- 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.
(obsolete, transitive)Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
Đồng nghĩa: depress, downbear, squash
- 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- 1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Oppression.
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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.