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Oppressiveness

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• Oppressor

  [uh-pres] /əˈprɛs/ verb (used with object) 1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. 2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them. 3. to weigh down, as sleep or weariness […]

• Oppressors

  [uh-pres] /əˈprɛs/ verb (used with object) 1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. 2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them. 3. to weigh down, as sleep or weariness […]

• Opprobrious

  [uh-proh-bree-uh s] /əˈproʊ bri əs/ adjective 1. conveying or expressing , as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives. 2. outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct. /əˈprəʊbrɪəs/ adjective 1. expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt 2. shameful or infamous adj. “full of reproach, intended to bring disgrace,” late 14c., from Old French oprobrieus (Modern French opprobrieux), or […]

• Oppugn

  [uh-pyoon] /əˈpyun/ verb (used with object) 1. to assail by criticism, argument, or action. 2. to call in question; dispute. /əˈpjuːn/ verb 1. (transitive) to call into question; dispute v. mid-15c., from Latin oppugnare “to fight against, attack, assail,” from ob- “toward, against” (see ob-) + pugnare “to fight” (see pugnacious). Related: Oppugned; oppugning.

• Oppugnancy

  [uh-puhg-nuh nt] /əˈpʌg nənt/ adjective 1. opposing; antagonistic; contrary. /əˈpʌɡnənt/ adjective 1. (rare) combative, antagonistic, or contrary

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