Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: oppress  u'pres or ow'pres
  1. Dominate or subjugate by unjust use of one's authority and power
    "The government oppresses political activists";
    - suppress, crush
     
  2. Cause to suffer
    - persecute
     
  3. Make sad or gloomy
    "We were oppressed by the constant grey skies"

Derived forms: oppressed, oppresses, oppressing

Type of: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

Encyclopedia: Oppress

Nearest

opposite
opposite number
opposite word
oppositely
oppositeness
Opposition
opposition
oppositionality
oppositionist
oppositive
oppress
oppressed
oppression
oppressive
oppressively
oppressiveness
oppressor
opprobrious
opprobriously
opprobrium
oppugn