oppress
Meaning of oppress
verb
- To keep down by unjust force.
The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- To make sad or gloomy.
We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
- Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
Information about oppress
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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:
Meaning persecute:
Translation of oppress
- German: unterdrücken, quälen, bedrohen, peinigen, plagen, drangsalieren
- French: opprimer
- Spanish: oprimir, atormentar, acosar
- Italian: affliggere, tormentare, opprimere, assillare
Anagrams of oppress
Words that rhyme with oppress
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