Reverse Dictionary: OPPRESS

ADJECTIVES
► ACCUMBROUS cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome → 1392 obs.
► BESTEAD circumstanced, situated, generally in an evil sense; hence, destitute, forlorn; overcome, oppressed → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BURDENOUS onerous, cumbersome; oppressive → 1535 obs.
► BURTHENOUS onerous, cumbersome; oppressive → 1567 obs.
► BURTHENSOME burdensome, onerous, cumbersome, oppressive, troublesome, wearisome → 1578 
► CHARGEOUS burdensome; expensive, costly; troublesome, severe, oppressive → 1380 obs.
► CUMBERSOME causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience; troublesome, wearisome, oppressive → 1535 obs.
► DOWN-BEARING that bears or brings someone or something down; that descends forcefully upon someone or something; oppressive → 1690 obs.
► DOWNPRESSED oppressed → 1579 
► DOWNTROD oppressed, downtrodden → 1598 
► DRETCHED oppressed, troubled; vexed or disturbed by dreams → 16C obs.
► HAG-RIDDEN oppressed in mind; harassed → 1702 
► HEAVY of persons: oppressive; troublesome, annoying; angry; severe, violent → 825 obs.
► HEAVY-HANDED oppressive; overbearing → 1883 
► HEAVY-LADEN weighed down with trouble, weariness, etc.; oppressed → 1611 
► HONEROUS ► ONEROUS burdensome; oppressive; troublesome → 1400 obs.
► LIKE TOADS UNDER A HARROW oppressed → 1802 
► ONERABLE burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → 1432 obs.
► ONERARIOUS burdensome, oppressive, troublesome → 1548 obs.
► ONEROSE burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → 1450 obs.
► OPPRESSFUL oppressive → 1606 obs.
► PEISANT that weighs or presses heavily upon one; oppressive, toilsome → 1470 obs.
► PRESSIVE oppressive → 1623 obs.
► SMOTHERLY suffocating, oppressive → 1928 Amer. dial.
► SWEATFUL full of sweat; toilsome, laborious, distressing, oppressive → a1618 chiefly poetic usage
► SWEER oppressed in mind, grieved, sad → c1000 Sc. & N. Eng. dial., obs.
► VEXABLE troublesome, oppressive → 1525 obs.

ADVERBS
► HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively → 1000 

NOUNS
► ACCUMBERING the act of encumbering, overloading, or overwhelming; the fact of being overwhelmed or oppressed; distress → 1340 obs.
► AGGRAVATION the fact of imposing a burden; oppression → 1481 obs.
► AGGRIEVANCE the act of aggrieving; troubling or annoying; oppression → 1400 
► DOWN-BEARING a bearing or bringing someone to something down; suppression; oppression → 1629 obs.
► DOWNDRAW oppression, suppression → 1874 
► ONDING an assault, an attack, an onset, an outburst, of noise, talk, etc.; oppression, turmoil → 1871 Sc.
► ONEROSITY the quality of being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome → 1874 
► OPPRESSMENT oppression; crushing → 1537 obs.
► OPPRESSURE the act of oppressing; oppression; distress, trouble → 1600 obs.
► THRALL oppression; restraint; trouble, worry → 1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TYRANDISE oppressive or despotic government, action, or treatment → 1382 obs.
► TYRANNESSE oppressive or despotic government, action, or treatment → 1475 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUZZARD an oppressive, arrogant person, jealous of rivalry and vindictive → 1889 US sl.
► DOWNPRESSED, THE those who are kept in a position of subjection and hardship; oppressed people collectively → 1425 
► DOWNPRESSOR an oppressor → 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
► TAMBURLAINE ► TAMERLANE an oppressor, a despot → 1579 
► TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW a person under constant oppression or persecution → 1825 
► VIKING CHEAT a member of the Establishment, an authority; hence, an oppressor → 1990s W. Indies sl.

VERBS
► ABURDEN to burden, to oppress → 1620 obs.
► ACCLOY to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress → 1611 
► AGGRIEVE to bring grief or trouble to, to grieve, to distress; to oppress, to treat unfairly → 1325 
► BAIL ON ► BALE ON to oppress, to give a hard time to, to trouble → 1960s US teen sl.
► BEAST to bully, to oppress, to humiliate → 2007 (Bk.)
► BEPRESS to oppress → 1591 obs.
► CAMSHACKLE to oppress or bear down with fatigue or confinement → 1825 Sc.
► CUMBLE to oppress, to deprive of power; to stiffen or benumb with cold → 1425 obs.
► DOWNBEAR to bear or carry someone or something downwards; to press or strike down; to cause to sink; also, to oppress, to defeat, to put or bring down → 1382 obs.
► DOWNPRESS to keep a person or group in a position of subjection and hardship; to oppress → 1579 
► DOWNTREAD to suppress or subdue; to oppress by tyranny → 1536 
► EXTORSE to practice extortion upon; hence, to oppress → 1567 Sc. obs.
► GRIND ► GRIND DOWN to crush, to oppress; to harass with exactions → 1626
​► HARRY to harass persons by hostile attacks, forced exactions, or rapacity; to oppress, to despoil → 1300 
► HEAVY 1. to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive → 825 obs.
2. to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress → 897 obs.
► HERRY to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MACERATE to oppress; to ‘crush’ → 1637 obs.
► MOUNT THE HIGH HORSE said of a person affecting airs of superiority, or behaving pretentiously or arrogantly; to be overbearing or oppressive; to be proud; to take offense → 1871 
► NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul → 1768 Sc.
► NITHER to oppress, to lay low, to suppress, to keep under, to vex, to harass → 1721 Sc.
► OFSET to beset, to oppress → 1000 obs.
► ONERATE to load, to burden, to oppress → 1535 obs.
► PRESS to burden, to oppress, to weigh down the feelings, mind, etc. → a1382 obs.
► QUENCH to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush → 1200 
► SHARK ON to prey like a sharp upon; to victimize, to sponge upon, to swindle; to oppress by extortion → 1596 obs.
► SMOTHER to oppress or overwhelm → 1877 
► TAG to oppress by hard labour → 1866 Sc.
► THRALL to oppress → 1773 Sc.
► THRING to press hard, use oppression; to oppress, to harass, to distress, to afflict → 1175 obs.
► THRUTCH to press, to squeeze, to crush; to crowd, to throng; also, to oppress → 888 obs.
► TREAT LIKE A DOORMAT to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner → 1970s 
► TREAT LIKE SHIT to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner → 1970s 
► TWINGE to oppress, to afflict, to persecute → 1300 obs.
► YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress → 1773 Sc.