oppress, suppress, crush
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one’s authority; “The government oppresses political activists”
persecute, oppress
(verb) cause to suffer; “Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
oppress (third-person singular simple present oppresses, present participle oppressing, simple past and past participle oppressed)
(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.
• porpess, soppers
Source: Wiktionary
Op*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppressing.] Etym: [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif. For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton.
2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.
4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
