Another word for oppress
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Verb
To do a wrong to; treat unjustly
- To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.
- In a wrong course or direction:
- In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously:
- To annoy persistently; bother:
- To afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race
- To trouble or annoy constantly
- To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.
- To cause great anger, indignation, etc. in
- To offend, insult, or wrong grievously
- To distress; afflict.
- To cause grief or injury to; offend
- To injure in one's legal rights
See also:To make sad or gloomy
- To make or become sad
- To lower the spirits of; make sad, discouraged, or apathetic; depress; deject
- To cause to lose spirit or enthusiasm; dishearten.
- To cause to drop or sink; lower:
- To cause to drop or sink; lower.
- To cause to be sad or dejected.
- To cast down in spirit; dishearten; depress
- To lower the spirits of; dishearten.
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Another word for oppress
Verb
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- To deprive of courage or enthusiasm; discourage; depress; daunt
- To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit.
- To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- To lower the spirits of; make sad, discouraged, or apathetic; depress; deject
- To cause to lose spirit or enthusiasm; dishearten.
- To cause to drop or sink; lower.
- To lessen the activity or force of; weaken:
- To lessen the activity or force of something; weaken.
- To pressure or force from a place or situation:
- To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
- To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
- To conceal, suppress, or hide:
- To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone):
- To be kept from getting enough air to breathe
- To put a saddle on a horse and mount it
- (Idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
- To get into a saddle; mount a horse. Often used with up.
- To add a legal claim or other obligation
- To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
- To hold back the motion or action of, as with a burden; hinder; hamper
- To force beyond the proper or reasonable limit:
- To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:
- To hesitate or be unwilling; balk (at)
- To keep from moving or acting freely; hinder; impede; encumber
- To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of:
- To put too great a load in or on
- (Computer science) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
- To provide too much power to a circuit
- To cause to be at a disadvantage; hinder; impede
- To give a handicap to (contestants)
- To estimate betting odds.
- To cause difficulty or trouble to:
- To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
- To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.
- To interfere with action or progress.
- To obstruct or delay the progress of:
- To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
- To treat roughly or unkindly; abuse
- To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse.
- (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
- To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
- To be annoying
- To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure:
- To be or become crushed:
- To proceed or move by crowding or pressing:
- To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
- To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
- To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
- To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.
- In a wrong course or direction:
- In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously:
- To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
- To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
- To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
- To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
- To treat harshly or ruthlessly:
- To crush, destroy, hurt, violate, etc. by or as by treading heavily on
- To check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)
- To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system or a gene.
- To keep back; restrain; check
- To cause suffering or hardship for:
- To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
- To vex; harass; trouble; torment
- To cause pain or discomfort to; afflict
- To cause mental agitation to; worry; harass; perturb; vex
- To pester, annoy, tease, bother, etc.
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