English-Thai Dictionary

oppress

VT กดขี่  ปกครอง อย่าง กดขี่  depress tyrannize kod-ke

 

oppress

VT ทำให้ ทุกข์ใจ  ทำให้ ลำบากใจ  afflict harass cheer encourage tam-hai-tuk-jai

 

oppressed

ADJ ซึ่ง กดขี่  ซึ่ง ข่มเหง  enslaved mistreated sueng-kod-ke

 

oppression

N การ กดขี่  kan-kod-ke

 

oppressive

ADJ(อากาศ  ร้อน และ ไม่สบาย  ron-lea-mai-sa-bai

 

oppressive

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ทุกข์ใจ  ซึ่ง ทำให้ สลดใจ  distressing grievous sueng-tam-hai-tuk-jai

 

oppressive

ADJ ที่ ปกครอง อย่าง กดขี่  tyrannical cruel unjust ti-pok-krong-yang-kod-ke

 

oppressively

ADV อย่าง กดขี่  severely brutally yang-kod-ke

 

oppressor

N ผู้ กดขี่  persecutor tyrant despot phu-kod-ke

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPRESS

v.t.[L. appressus, from opprimo; ob and premo, to press. ] 1. To load or burden with unreasonable impositions; to treat with unjust severity, rigor or hardship; as, to oppress a nation with taxes or contributions; to oppress one by compelling him to perform unreasonable service.
2. To overpower; to overburden; as, to be oppressed with grief.
3. to sit or lie heavy on; as, excess of good oppresses the stomach.

 

OPPRESSED

pp. burdened with unreasonable impositions; overpowered; overburdened; depressed.

 

OPPRESSING

ppr. Overburdening.

 

OPPRESSION

n. 1. The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
2. The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery.
The Lord - saw the oppression of Israel. 2 Kings 13:4.
3. Hardship; calamity.
4. Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.
5. A sense of heaviness or weight in the breast, etc.

 

OPPRESSIVE

a. 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe; as oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service.
2. Tyrannical; as an oppressive government.
3. Heavy; overpowering; overwhelming; as oppressive grief or woe.

 

OPPRESSIVELY

adv. In a manner to oppress; with unreasonable severity.

 

OPPRESSIVENESS

n.The quality of being oppressive.

 

OPPRESSOR

n.One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. Power when employed to relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor, becomes a great blessing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPPRESS

Op *press ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. & vb. n.Oppressing. ] Etym: [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob- ) + premere to press. See Press. ]

 

1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif. For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen! Milton.

 

2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs. ] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.

 

4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body ); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

 

OPPRESSION

Op *pres "sion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. oppressio.]

 

1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

 

2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. "The multitude of oppressions." Job xxxv. 9.

 

3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs. There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft oppression seized My drowsed sense. Milton.

 

4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

OPPRESSIVE

Op *press "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. oppressif. ]

 

1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay.

 

2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.

 

3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope. -- Op *press "ive *ly, adv. -- Op *press "ive *ness, n.

 

OPPRESSOR

Op *press "or, n. Etym: [L.]

 

Defn: One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak. To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.

 

OPPRESSURE

OPPRESSURE Op *pres "sure, n.

 

Defn: Oppression. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oppress

op press |əˈpres əˈprɛs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] keep (someone ) in subservience and hardship, esp. by the unjust exercise of authority: a system that oppressed working people. • cause (someone ) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable: he was oppressed by some secret worry. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against, ’ from the verb opprimere.

 

oppressed

op pressed |əˈprest əˈprest | ▶adjective subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment: oppressed racial minorities | (as plural noun the oppressed ) : his sympathies were with the oppressed.

 

oppression

op pres sion |əˈpreSHən əˈprɛʃən | ▶noun prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control: a region shattered by oppression and killing. • the state of being subject to such treatment or control. • mental pressure or distress: her mood had initially been alarm and a sense of oppression. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin oppressio (n- ), from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

oppressive

op pres sive |əˈpresiv əˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, esp. on a minority or other subordinate group: an oppressive dictatorship. • weighing heavily on the mind or spirits; causing depression or discomfort: a profound loneliness, an oppressive emptiness. • (of weather ) excessively hot and humid. DERIVATIVES op pres sive ly adverb, op pres sive ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against, ’ from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

oppressor

op pres sor |əˈpresər əˈpresər | ▶noun a person or group that oppresses people: they overthrew their colonial oppressors.

 

Oxford Dictionary

oppress

op |press |əˈprɛs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 keep (someone ) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority: a system which oppressed working people. • cause distress or anxiety to: he was oppressed by some secret worry. 2 Heraldry another term for debruise. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against ’, from the verb opprimere.

 

oppressed

op |pressed |əˈprɛst | ▶adjective subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment: oppressed racial minorities | (as plural noun the oppressed ) : his sympathies were with the oppressed.

 

oppression

op |pres ¦sion |əˈprɛʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority: a region shattered by oppression and killing. • the state of being subject to oppressive treatment: a response to collective poverty and oppression. • mental pressure or distress: Beatrice's mood had initially been alarm and a sense of oppression. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin oppressio (n- ), from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

oppressive

op ¦pres |sive |əˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment: an oppressive dictatorship. • weighing heavily on the mind or spirits: the offices present an oppressive atmosphere. 2 (of weather ) close and sultry. DERIVATIVES oppressively adverb, oppressiveness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress- ‘pressed against ’, from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

oppressor

op |press ¦or |əˈprɛsə (r )| ▶noun a person or group that oppresses people: they overthrew their colonial oppressors.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

oppress

oppress verb 1 the invaders oppressed the people: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist /hand. 2 the darkness of winter oppressed her: depress, make gloomy, make despondent, weigh down, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, get down, bring down; archaic deject.

 

oppressed

oppressed adjective talk of a revolution spread rapidly among the oppressed masses: persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, subjugated, tyrannized, repressed, subdued, crushed, browbeaten; disadvantaged, underprivileged.

 

oppression

oppression noun the young people in this country have known nothing but oppression: persecution, abuse, maltreatment, ill-treatment, tyranny, despotism, repression, suppression, subjection, subjugation; cruelty, brutality, injustice, hardship, suffering, misery. ANTONYMS freedom, democracy.

 

oppressive

oppressive adjective 1 an oppressive dictatorship: harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive, tyrannical, tyrannous, iron-fisted, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, undemocratic; ruthless, merciless, pitiless, draconian. ANTONYMS lenient, humane. 2 an oppressive sense of despair: overwhelming, overpowering, unbearable, unendurable, intolerable, burdensome. 3 it was gray and oppressive: muggy, close, heavy, hot, humid, sticky, steamy, airless, stuffy, stifling, suffocating, sultry. ANTONYMS airy, fresh.

 

oppressor

oppressor noun the rebels overthrew their oppressors in a bloody coup: persecutor, tyrant, despot, autocrat, dictator, subjugator, tormentor, slave driver, taskmaster.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

oppress

oppress verb 1 the Russians had participated in the dismemberment of Poland and oppressed its people: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, be brutal to, be cruel to, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, subject, enslave; scourge, exploit, hold down, keep down, grind down, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand, trample on, trample underfoot, bring someone to their knees, ride roughshod over; informal walk all over. 2 the gloom in the chapel oppressed her: depress, make gloomy /despondent, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict; archaic deject.

 

oppressed

oppressed adjective oppressed racial minorities: persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, tyrannized, subjugated, repressed, subdued, crushed, enslaved, exploited, victimized, misused; disadvantaged, underprivileged, ground down, browbeaten.

 

oppression

oppression noun years of violence and oppression: persecution, abuse, maltreatment, ill-treatment, tyranny, despotism, repression, suppression, subjection, subjugation, enslavement, exploitation; cruelty, ruthlessness, harshness, brutality, injustice, hardship, misery, suffering, pain, anguish, wretchedness. ANTONYMS freedom, democracy.

 

oppressive

oppressive adjective 1 an oppressive dictatorship | oppressive laws: harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive, crushing, tyrannical, tyrannous, iron-fisted, domineering, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, draconian, punitive; ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, severe, inexorable; unjust, unfair, undemocratic. ANTONYMS lenient, humane. 2 an oppressive sense of despair: overwhelming, overpowering, hard to bear, unbearable, burdensome, unendurable, intolerable, heavy; uncomfortable, grinding. 3 the day was grey and oppressive: muggy, close, heavy, hot, humid, sticky, steamy, soupy, fuggy, airless, stuffy, stifling, suffocating, sultry, torrid. ANTONYMS fresh, airy.

 

oppressor

oppressor noun persecutor, tyrant, despot, autocrat, bully, slave-driver, hard taskmaster, iron hand, scourge, dictator, tormentor, torturer, intimidator, subjugator.

 

Duden Dictionary

Oppression

Op pres si on Substantiv, feminin , die |Oppressi o n |lateinisch 1 Bedrückung, Unterdrückung 2 Medizin Beklemmung

 

oppressiv

op pres siv Adjektiv |oppress i v |lateinisch-neulateinisch unterdrückend, drückend

 

French Dictionary

oppressant

oppressant , ante adj. adjectif Qui oppresse. : Une humidité oppressante. SYNONYME étouffant .

 

oppresser

oppresser v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Causer une gêne de la respiration. : Une bronchite l ’oppressait. SYNONYME étouffer ; suffoquer . 2 Étouffer sous un poids, une angoisse. : L ’inquiétude l ’oppresse. SYNONYME accabler ; étreindre . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le verbe opprimer, persécuter, accabler par abus d ’autorité. aimer

 

oppresseur

oppresseur adj. m. et n. m. nom masculin et adjectif masculin Personne qui opprime. Note Technique L ’adjectif et le nom n ’ont pas de forme féminine.

 

oppressif

oppressif , ive adj. adjectif Qui opprime. : Une loi oppressive. SYNONYME despotique . Note Technique L ’adjectif ne s ’emploie que pour des choses.

 

oppression

oppression n. f. nom féminin 1 Gêne respiratoire, malaise. : Une oppression des voies respiratoires. SYNONYME suffocation . 2 Action d ’opprimer. : L ’oppression d ’une nation. SYNONYME domination .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

oppress

op press /əprés /動詞 他動詞 1 〈特定の集団 〉をひどく差別する, 虐 （しいた ）げる, 迫害する ; …に圧力をかける .2 ｟文 ｠〈状況が 〉…に窮屈を感じさせる, 息詰まる思いをさせる, …を憂うつにする (!しばしば受け身で ) .

 

oppressed

op pr é ssed /-t /形容詞 1 〈特定の集団が 〉差別された, 迫害を受けた ; 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗虐 （しいた ）げられている人々 .2 〈個人が 〉 (自由がなくて )憂うつな, 重苦しい .

 

oppression

op pres sion /əpréʃ (ə )n /〖ob (…に対して )pression (押しつけること )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /U C 1 〖時に ～s 〗 «…に対する » 圧制, 圧迫 , (政治的 )締め付け ; 虐待 ; 弾圧 «of » ▸ the oppression of minorities 少数民族に対する圧制 .2 圧迫感, 重苦しい気持ち ▸ a feeling of oppression 重苦しい感じ .

 

oppressive

op pres sive /əprésɪv /→oppression 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈法 人などが 〉圧制的な, 暴虐的な, 過酷な .2 〈気候が 〉重苦しい, 蒸し暑い .3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗重くよどんだ, 息苦しい 〈状況 雰囲気など 〉.～ly 副詞 弾圧的に ; 耐えがたいほどに .～ness 名詞

 

oppressor

op pres sor /əprésə r /名詞 C 圧制 [弾圧 ]者 [側 ].