Oppress vs Embarrass - What's the difference?
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(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
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
Oppress is a related term of embarrass.
In lang=en terms the difference between oppress and embarrass
is that oppress is to make sad or gloomy while embarrass is to involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.As verbs the difference between oppress and embarrass
is that oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while embarrass is to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.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.
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* * English transitive verbsembarrass
English
Verb
(es)- The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
- Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .
- A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.