vverb.socialcome down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authoritySynset:crush oppress suppress
Examples:- The government oppresses political activists
Derivationally Related Form:suppressersuppressionoppressorsuppressiveoppressiveoppressioncrushing
Inherited Hypernyms:oppress
Direct Hyponyms:keep downquashreducerepresssubduesubjugate
Full Troponyms:repress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.socialcause to sufferSynset:oppress persecute
Examples:- Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries
Derivationally Related Form:oppressorpersecutionoppressivepersecutor
Hypernyms:bedevil crucify dun frustrate rag torment
Inherited Hypernyms:persecutetormentharassannoydisplease
Direct Hyponyms:purge
Full Troponyms:purge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.allburdened psychologically or mentallySynset:laden
Examples:- laden with grief
- oppressed by a sense of failure
Antonyms:unburdened
Inherited Hypernyms:laden
Similar to:burdened