oppress
Is it a Scrabble word? See definition, points, and words you can make.
Is oppress a Scrabble word?
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of oppress?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.Examples: "The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."Synonyms: suppress
2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.Examples: "We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."Synonyms: begloom, get down, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve
3. (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.Examples: "Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse."Synonyms: depress, downbear, squash
4. (transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.Synonyms: outrage, violate, vitiate
Definition source: Wiktionary