oppress

oppress
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. persecute, burden, crush, afflict, grieve, load, de-press; overbear, compress, overtax, overburden; tyrannize. See malevolence, badness, severity, subjection, wrong.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. trouble, plague, suppress, trample, harass, wrong, worry, crush, annoy, maltreat, hinder, vex, handicap, overload, hamper, strain, encumber, press down, beat down, saddle, smother, hound, ride roughshod over, burden with, depress, dispirit, dishearten, bear hard upon, go ill with, lie on, keep under, keep down, take liberties with, put upon; see also abuse 1 , bother 2 .
See Synonym Study at wrong .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.
[uh PRESS]
to force or keep down, especially by abuse of power, to tyrannize.
The dictator tries to oppress the populace through threats of violence.
SYN.: subjugate, suppress, persecute, tyrannize, *step on, depress, harass, crush, stifle, burden, saddle, weigh down, dominate, subdue, squelch, *rule by yoke and whip, *rule with an iron fist, *straitjacket into conformity, *jack-boot.
ANT.: liberate, free, emancipate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly: aggrieve, outrage, persecute, wrong. See RIGHT. 2. To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit, sadden, weigh down. See HAPPY.

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  • oppress — index abuse (victimize), badger, bait (harass), brutalize, coerce, constrain (restrain) …   Law dictionary

  • oppress — (v.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. oppresser (13c.), from M.L. oppressare, frequentative of L. opprimere press against, crush (in L.L. to rape ), from ob against + premere to press, push (see PRESS (Cf. press) (v.1)). It is the due [external] restraint… …   Etymology dictionary

  • oppress — 1 *depress, weigh Analogous words: *abuse, mistreat, maltreat, ill treat, outrage: *worry, annoy, harass, harry 2 *wrong, persecute, aggrieve Analogous words: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • oppress — ► VERB 1) keep in subjection and hardship. 2) cause to feel distressed or anxious. DERIVATIVES oppression noun oppressor noun. ORIGIN Old French oppresser, from Latin opprimere press against …   English terms dictionary

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  • oppress — oppressible, adj. oppressor, n. /euh pres /, v.t. 1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. 2. to lie heavily upon (the… …   Universalium

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