All 3 Uses of
oppress
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.†
Chpt 1
- Sibyl felt oppressed.†
Chpt 5 *
- The heat was terribly oppressive, and the huge sunlight flamed like a monstrous dahlia with petals of yellow fire.†
Chpt 7
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