This old version has not been updated since 2016,
but we're leaving it in case you prefer it.
Show What's New
Please update your links from the new version.
unspecified meaning
- Babbitt drove on slowly, oppressed by futility.
- The oppressive fear of criticism was gone, but a diffident loneliness remained.
- They agreed that all communists were criminals; that this vers libre was tommy-rot; and that while there ought to be universal disarmament, of course Great Britain and the United States must, on behalf of oppressed small nations, keep a navy equal to the tonnage of all the rest of the world.
Show more
There are no more uses of "oppress" in the book.
To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below:
as in: oppressive government Define
to dominate harshly and unfairly (as in "oppressive government")
or:
to deny equal rights to others or make them suffer (as in "The government oppresses minorities.")
as in: oppressive heat
Define
to make uncomfortable (weigh heavily on the senses or spirit)
 |
. . . enhancing vocabulary while reading |