All 4 Uses of
oppress
in
Arrowsmith
- V. His half-hour journey with Madeline into Zenith seemed a visible and oppressing thing, like a tornado cloud.†
Chpt 6 *
- Her parents, formerly amusing figures in a story, became oppressively real in sight of the wide, brown, porchy house.†
Chpt 9
- They were embarrassed by the footmen, awed by the automatic elevator, oppressed by a hallway full of vellum folios and Italian chests and a drawing-room full of water-colors, and reduced to rusticity by Capitola's queenly white satin and pearls.†
Chpt 29
- He was flustered by Sondelius's hilarity, his compliments, his bounding optimism, his inaccuracy, his boasting, his oppressive bigness.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(oppress as in: oppressive government) to dominate harshly and unfairly; or to make sufferThe meaning of oppress depends upon its context. For example:
- "The authorities oppress political activists," or "The new nation oppressed Native Americans." -- to dominate harshly and unfairly
- "She is oppressed by excessive debt." - made to suffer