oppress

/ษ™หˆpษนษ›s/
verb
  1. 1

    To keep down by unjust force.

    โ€œThe rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.โ€

  2. 2

    To make sad or gloomy.

    โ€œWe were oppressed by the constant grey skies.โ€

  3. 3

    Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oppress