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oppress (123 synonym found)

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addict

afflict

aggrieve

anguish

bear hard upon

beat down

break down

bring to tears

browbeat

bulldoze

bully

burthen

busy

cast down

clamp down on

coerce

compel

conquer

cow

crush one

cumber

cut up

dampen

dampen the spirits

dash

daunt

deject

despotize

discourage

dishearten

dispirit

distress

domineer

domineer over

draw tears

embitter

encumber

enslave

exhaust

go hard with

go ill with

grieve

grind

grind down

handicap

haunt

haunt the memory

henpeck

hound

intimidate

inundate

keep busy

keep down

keep under

knock down

lade

lie on

lord it over

lower the spirits

maltreat

obsess

overawe

overbear

overburden

overcome

overdrive

overload

overmaster

overpower

override

overtask

overtax

overthrow

overweight

overwhelm

overwork

persecute

press down

press hard upon

press heavy on

pressure

prey on

prostrate

pursue

put down

repress

rest hard upon

ride over

ride roughshod over

sadden

saddle

sink

sorrow

subdue

subjugate

suppress

sweat

task

terrorize

tire

torture

trample down

trample underfoot

trample upon

tread down

tread upon

try one

tyrannize

tyrannize over

unman

victimize

walk all over

walk over

wear down

wear out

wear upon one

weigh down

weigh heavy on

weigh heavy upon

weigh on

weigh upon

weight down

work

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Definition of oppress:

(v) : to keep down by force; to make sad or gloomy

"the rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners"

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Definition of oppress:

(v) : to keep down by force; to make sad or gloomy

"the rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners"

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