oppress

noun

(obsolete) Oppression.

verb

(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

(transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

(transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

(transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.

Roots

premo-press · Latin · press

Synonyms for oppress

persecutev suppressv tyrannizev subjugatev enslavev repressv domineerv crushn harassv victimizev overbearv maltreatv terrorizev subduev intimidatev

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The word oppress breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -press, from Latin premo (“press”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.