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- Dictionaryoppress/əˈprɛs/
verb
- 1. keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority: "a system which oppressed working people" Similar
- 2. another term for debruise
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OPPRESS definition: 1. to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and…. Learn more.
The meaning of OPPRESS is to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority. How to use oppress in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Oppress.
To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.
When you oppress someone, you use your authority to keep them down. If you oppress people long enough, they might decide to fight back and then decide to oppress YOU.
Some common synonyms of oppress are aggrieve, persecute, and wrong. While all these words mean "to injure unjustly or outrageously," oppress suggests inhumane imposing of burdens one cannot endure or exacting more than one can perform.
To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. To cause to feel worried or depressed: "People were at a loss ... oppressed by the atmosphere of the dead man's room" (Ward Just). 3. Obsolete To overwhelm or crush.
OPPRESS meaning: 1. to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and…. Learn more.
What does the verb oppress mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb oppress, ten of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the verb oppress? How is the verb oppress pronounced? Where does the verb oppress come from?
To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. [...]
To weigh heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses of; worry; trouble. To keep down by the cruel or unjust use of power or authority; rule harshly; tyrannize over. To cause to feel worried or depressed. To crush; trample down. To overpower; subdue.
