- 2. Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, subdue.
- 3. Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over.
Oppression, n.
- 1. Hardship, misery, suffering, calamity.
- 2. Tyranny, severity, cruelty, injustice, persecution.
- 3. Depression, lassitude, heaviness, dulness.
Oppressive, a.
- 1. Burdensome, severe.
- 2. Heavy, overwhelming, overpowering.
- 3. Tyrannical, cruel, severe, hard, rigorous, inhuman, grinding, galling.
- 4. Close, uncomfortable.
Oppressor, n. Tyrant.
Opprobrious, a,
- 1. Reproachful, scurrilous, abusive, vituperative, insolent, condemnatory, damnatory, scandalous, contemptuous,
offensive, insulting.
- 2. Infamous, despised, shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful, disreputable, hateful.
Opprobrium, n.
- 1. Scurrility, abusive language, contemptuous reproaches, contumely.
- 2. Reproach, disgrace, infamy, ignominy, obloquy, odium.
Oppugn, v. a. Assail, attack, combat, resist, oppose, thwart, contravene, withstand, strive against.
Optic, n. Eye.
Optic, Optical, a. Visual.
Option, n. Choice, election, preference, selection.