Oppress

//əˈpɹɛs//

Synonyms for "oppress" (215 found)

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Closest matches (43)

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Related words (107)

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8 entries

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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Translations

82 translations across 44 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βαρύνω noun (keep down by unjust force)

Arabic

3 entries
  • اِسْتَضْعَفَ noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • اِضْطَهَدَ noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • قَهَرَ noun (keep down by unjust force)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • sıxışdırmaq noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • təzyiq etmək noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • zülm etmək noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • əzmək noun (keep down by unjust force)

Basque

1 entries
  • zapaldu noun (keep down by unjust force)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • потискам noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • угнетявам noun (to make sad or gloomy)

Catalan

1 entries
  • oprimir noun (keep down by unjust force)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 壓迫 /压迫 noun (keep down by unjust force)

Czech

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  • utiskovat noun (keep down by unjust force)

Danish

1 entries
  • undertrykke noun (keep down by unjust force)

Dutch

1 entries
  • onderdrukken noun (keep down by unjust force)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kontraŭpremi noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • subpremi noun (keep down by unjust force)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ahdistaa noun (to make sad or gloomy)
  • alistaa noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • masentaa noun (to make sad or gloomy)
  • sortaa noun (keep down by unjust force)

French

2 entries
  • oppresser noun (to make sad or gloomy)
  • opprimer noun (keep down by unjust force)

Galician

1 entries
  • oprimir noun (keep down by unjust force)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შევიწროება noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • ჩაგვრა noun (keep down by unjust force)

German

1 entries
  • unterdrücken noun (keep down by unjust force)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 noun (keep down by unjust force)

Greek

1 entries
  • βαρύνω noun (keep down by unjust force)

Hindi

1 entries
  • दमन noun (keep down by unjust force)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elnyom noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • lehangol noun (to make sad or gloomy)
  • lesújt noun (to make sad or gloomy)
  • lever noun (to make sad or gloomy)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kúga noun (keep down by unjust force)

Irish

1 entries
  • cuir faoi chois noun (keep down by unjust force)

Italian

1 entries
  • opprimere noun (keep down by unjust force)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 圧迫する noun (keep down by unjust force)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • басып-жаншу noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • езгіге салу noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • тізе батыру noun (keep down by unjust force)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សង្កត់សង្កិន noun (keep down by unjust force)

Korean

1 entries
  • 압박하다 noun (keep down by unjust force)

Latin

1 entries
  • opprimō noun (keep down by unjust force)

Marathi

3 entries
  • दडपणे noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • दडपशाही करणे noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • दडपून ठेवणे noun (keep down by unjust force)

Māori

4 entries
  • aupēhi noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • kaupēhipēhi noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • nonope noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • pēhi noun (keep down by unjust force)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • udhulumu noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • ukandamiza noun (keep down by unjust force)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • for·ding noun (keep down by unjust force)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • oprimir noun (keep down by unjust force)

Romanian

2 entries
  • asupri noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • oprima noun (keep down by unjust force)

Russian

2 entries
  • притесни́ть noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • притесня́ть noun (keep down by unjust force)

Spanish

2 entries
  • conculcar noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • oprimir noun (keep down by unjust force)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nedtrycka noun (keep down by unjust force)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • apihin noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • mang-api noun (keep down by unjust force)

Thai

2 entries
  • กดขี่ noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • ข่มขี่ noun (keep down by unjust force)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གཉའ་གནོན་བཏང noun (keep down by unjust force)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎄𐎍𐎍 noun (keep down by unjust force)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гноби́ти noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • гніти́ти noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • пригно́блювати noun (keep down by unjust force)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • áp chế noun (keep down by unjust force)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gormesu noun (keep down by unjust force)
  • gorthrymu noun (keep down by unjust force)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Hooray! We have another dreamy, starry-eyed idealist to disenfranchise and oppress!

Source: tatoeba (817013)

Once social change begins it can not be reversed. You can not un-educate the person who has learned to read. You can not humiliate the person who feels pride. You can not oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1508652)

The law won't let anyone oppress people.

Source: tatoeba (2886247)

They oppress linguistic minorities, because they see minority languages as a threat.

Source: tatoeba (6099107)

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