Oppress Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Oppress V1 V2 V3
oppress
Meanings;
- Keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.(transitive verb)
| Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
| oppress | oppressed | oppressed |
| Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
| oppresses | oppressing |
Synonyms
persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, be brutal to, be cruel to, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, hegemonize, subdue, subject, enslave,
Example Sentences with oppress
- The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
- All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.
- Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.
- A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
- He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.
