All 3 Uses of
oppress
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- Ivan Ilych now watched it with a new and oppressive feeling.†
Chpt 4 *
- The pain in his side oppressed him and seemed to grow worse and more incessant, while the taste in his mouth grew stranger and stranger.†
Chpt 4
- And suddenly it grew clear to him that what had been oppressing him and would not leave his was all dropping away at once from two sides, from ten sides, and from all sides.†
Chpt 12
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