oppress

oppress is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
2. transitive verb. To ravish; to violate.
3. transitive verb. To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. verb. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

   "The government oppresses political activists"

   Synonyms: crush, suppress

6. verb. cause to suffer

   "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

   Synonyms: persecute

Synonyms

crush, suppress, persecute

Common word forms

oppressed, oppresses, oppressing

Words from these letters

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