Oppress vs Downpress - What's the difference?
oppress | downpress |
(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
In transitive terms the difference between oppress and downpress
is that oppress is to make sad or gloomy while downpress is to oppress.As verbs the difference between oppress and downpress
is that oppress is physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while downpress is to push or press downwards.oppress
English
Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.