Associations to the word «Oppressed»
Noun
- Seek
- Servant
- People
- Tenant
- Prophet
- Passion
- Greatness
- Freedom
- Compassion
- Load
- Murderer
- Spirit
- Temperament
- Affection
- Hunger
- Ill
- Resist
- Liberation
- Steal
- Egypt
- Ambition
- Equal
- Tax
- Virtue
- Coloni
- Accused
- Justice
- Heart
- Superstition
- Anxiety
- Hatred
- Magistrate
- Religion
- Savage
- Sin
- Necessity
- Render
- Lordship
- Power
- Shame
- Counsel
- Suffering
- Favor
- Fellow
- Jew
- Regime
- Ruin
- Constitution
- Sense
- Neighbor
- Dominion
- Midst
- Exercise
- Weakness
- Danger
- God
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
OPPRESS, verb. (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
OPPRESS, verb. (transitive) To keep down by force
OPPRESS, verb. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy
Dictionary definition
OPPRESS, verb. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists".
OPPRESS, verb. Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.