Oppress(v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
Oppress(v. t.) To ravish; to violate.
Oppress(v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
Oppress(v. t.) 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.
Oppressed(imp. & p. p.) of Oppress
Oppressing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppress
Oppression(n.) The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
Oppression(n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Oppression(n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
Oppression(n.) Ravishment; rape.
Oppressive(a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
Oppressive(a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
Oppressive(a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
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