oppress

tr.v., -pressed, -press·ing, -press·es.

1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny.
2. To weigh heavily on: Poverty oppresses the spirit.
3. Obsolete. To overwhelm or crush.

[Middle English oppressen, from Old French opresser, back-formation from oppression, oppression, from Latin oppressiō, oppressiōn-, from oppressus, past participle of opprimere, to press against : ob-, against; see ob- + premere, to press.]

oppressor op·pres'sor n.

verb

1. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly: aggrieve, outrage, persecute, wrong. See right/wrong.
2. To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit, sadden, weigh down. See happy/unhappy.

v

Definition: depress, subdue
Antonyms: aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy

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IN BRIEF: To keep down through harsh rule.

Over time the oppressed people banded together to improve their situation.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - undertrykke, tynge, knuge, overvælde

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdrukken, benauwen, verdrukken, (ver)stikken

Français (French)
v. tr. - opprimer, oppresser, accabler

Deutsch (German)
v. - unterdrücken, bedrücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταπιέζω, καταδυναστεύω, καταθλίβω, βασανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
opprimere, gravare, vessare, tormentare, schiacciare, soffocare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - oprimir

Русский (Russian)
подавлять, угнетать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - oprimir, tiranizar, agobiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tynga (ned), trycka (ned), förtrycka, underkuva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
压迫, 压抑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 壓迫, 壓抑

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 압박하다, 우울하게 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 圧迫する, 重くのしかかる, 悩ます, 鎮圧する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقمع, يضطهد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דיכא, העיק, רדה‬

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