oppress
— Verb
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～ come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
oppressed
— Adjective
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～ burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
oppression
— Noun
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～ the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
oppression
— Noun
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～ the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
oppression
— Noun
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～ a feeling of being oppressed
oppressive
— Adjective
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～ marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
oppressive
— Adjective
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～ weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
oppressively
— Adverb
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～ in a heavy and oppressive way; "it was oppressively hot in the office"
oppressiveness
— Noun
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～ unwelcome burdensome difficulty
oppressiveness
— Noun
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～ a feeling of being oppressed
oppressor
— Noun
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～ a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
opprobrious
— Adjective
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～ (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
opprobrious
— Adjective
– English
～ expressing offensive reproach
opprobrium
— Noun
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～ state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
opprobrium
— Noun
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～ a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"
oppugn
— Verb
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～ challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
ops
— Noun
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～ (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
opsin
— Noun
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～ retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
opsonin
— Noun
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～ an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
opsonisation
— Noun
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～ process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis