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oppress
Overview of verb oppress
The verb oppress has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) oppress, suppress, crush -- (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists")
2. persecute, oppress -- (cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union")
Grep of noun oppress
oppression
oppressiveness
oppressor
Antonyms of verb oppress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb oppress
2 senses of oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
=> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
=> harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb oppress
2 senses of oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
=> purge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb oppress
2 senses of oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
=> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
'Cause To' of verb oppress
Derived Forms of verb oppress
2 senses of oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
RELATED TO>(adj) oppressive#2
=> oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous
RELATED TO>(noun) oppression#1
=> oppression, subjugation
RELATED TO>(noun) oppressor#1
=> oppressor
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
RELATED TO>(adj) oppressive#2
=> oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous
RELATED TO>(noun) oppressor#1
=> oppressor
Domain of verb oppress
Domain Terms of verb oppress
Familiarity of verb oppress
oppress used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb oppress
2 senses of oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb oppress
1 of 2 senses of oppress
Sense 2
persecute, oppress
> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
=> madden
=> hamstring
=> tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
=> persecute, oppress
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb oppress
Sense 1
oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 2
persecute, oppress
=> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
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Grep of verb oppress
oppress
Grep of adj oppress
oppressed
oppressive
Grep of adv oppress
oppressively
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