oppress | (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, suppress |
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(verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: persecute |
oppressed | (adjective) burdened psychologically or mentally | Synonyms: laden |
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oppression | (noun) the act of subjugating by cruelty | Synonyms: subjugation |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppressiveness |
(noun) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: | - |
oppressive | (adjective) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | Synonyms: tyrannical, tyrannous |
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(adjective) weighing heavily on the senses or spirit | - |
oppressively | (adverb) in a heavy and oppressive way | - |
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oppressiveness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppression |
oppressor | (noun) a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures | - |
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opprobrious | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, shameful |
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(adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: abusive, scurrilous |
opprobrium | (noun) a state of extreme dishonor | Synonyms: infamy |
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(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse | Synonyms: obloquy |