English-Spanish translations for oppress

• oprimir
  Legislar no significa oprimir. To legislate does not mean to oppress.
  La señora Senyszyn acusó a la Iglesia Católica de oprimir a las mujeres. Mrs Senyszyn accused the Catholic Church of oppressing women.
  Uzbekistán no necesita armas, que pueden usarse para oprimir a su propia población. Uzbekistan does not need any weapons, which may be used to oppress its own population.

Definition of oppress

• To keep down by unjust force
• To make sad or gloomy
• Physically to press down on with harmful effects; to smother, crush

Examples

• The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners
• We were oppressed by the constant grey skies

Related words

• oppression
• oppressive
• oppressed
• oppressor
• oppressively
• oppressiveness
• antioppression
• unoppressed
• immunosoppressor