Definitions for oppress

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oppress op·press

Spelling: [uh-pres]

IPA: /əˈprɛs/

Oppress is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in oppress (eopprss).

Definitions for oppress

verb (used with object)

1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power:
2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.):
3. to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
4. Archaic. to put down; subdue or suppress.
5. Archaic. to press upon or against; crush.

Origin of oppress

1300-50; Middle English oppressen Middle French oppresser Medieval Latin oppressāre, derivative of Latin oppressus past participle of opprimere to squeeze, suffocate, equivalent to op-

Examples for oppress

And do they not make use of your own generosity to oppress you?

But I will not oppress you, my dearest friend, with further reflections of this sort.

White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.

The code he learned was to obey the strong and to oppress the weak.

Hamas claims to be fighting for freedom while invoking laws that oppress women and religious minorities.

Sure, as Sotomayor wrote, “democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups.”

You can only oppress a community for so long before they will fight with toothpicks against machine guns.

Instead, it was proof the government is out to oppress them.

Few will be heartened by the fact that the debt will oppress race-neutrally.

How you oppress me, my dearest friend, with your politeness!