oppression

oppression is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
2. noun. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
3. noun. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
4. noun. Ravishment; rape.
5. noun. the act of subjugating by cruelty

   "the tyrant's oppression of the people"

   Synonyms: subjugation

6. noun. a feeling of being oppressed

   Synonyms: oppressiveness

7. noun. the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

Synonyms

subjugation, oppressiveness

Words from these letters

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