oppress

Meaning of oppress

verb
  1. To keep down by unjust force.
    The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
  2. To make sad or gloomy.
    We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
  3. Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Information about oppress

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of oppress

op-press

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • oppress is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

oppress synonyms

Meaning suppress:

suppress, crush

Meaning persecute:

persecute

Translation of oppress

Anagrams of oppress

porpess

Words that rhyme with oppress

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