different between oppress vs retard

English

Etymology

From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: op?press

Verb

oppress (third-person singular simple present oppresses, present participle oppressing, simple past and past participle oppressed)

1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• oppression
• oppressive

Translations

Further reading

• oppress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oppress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• porpess, soppers

English

Etymology

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retard?re (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).

Pronunciation

Noun (delay sense), verb

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???t??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun (offensive slang sense)

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??i?t??(?)d/

Noun

retard (plural retards)

1. Retardation; delay.

   Synonyms: delay, hold-up, retardation

2. (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
3. (offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.

   Synonyms: retarded, (offensive) tard, (disused medical term) imbecile, (legal term) mental deficient, (disused medical term) moron

4. (informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool

   • 2007, Doug Green, No Wife No Kids No Plan (?ISBN):

     “That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]

Usage notes

Through the euphemism treadmill, the term retard (which originated as a neutral substitute for the terms that had previously designated those with disabilities, namely idiot, imbecile, and moron) has come to be considered offensive; see Wikipedia for more. In a 2003 survey by the BBC, retard was voted the most offensive word relating to disability, followed by spastic.

Derived terms

• -tard

Translations

Verb

retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)

1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress

   Synonyms: impede, hinder, hold up

2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

Synonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down; See also Thesaurus:hinder
• (postpone): postpone, put off; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
• (slow to perform): reluctant
• (decelerate): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
• (stay back): hang back, stay back; See also Thesaurus:tarry

Antonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder): accelerate, speed, speed up
• (postpone):
• (stay back): come forward

Derived terms

• retarded

Translations

References

• IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs

Anagrams

• Darter, R-rated, Trader, darter, dartre, retrad, tarred, trader

Catalan

Etymology

From retardar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r??ta?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r??tart/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?ta?t/

Noun

retard m (plural retards)

1. delay

   Synonyms: demora, endarreriment

Further reading

• “retard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “retard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “retard” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

French

Etymology

From the verb retarder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ta?/

Noun

retard m (plural retards)

1. delay

Derived terms

• avoir un train de retard
• en retard
• prendre du retard

Further reading

• “retard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tarder, trader

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French retard (“delay”), from the verb retarder (“to retard, slow down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??t??r/
• Rhymes: -??r
• Hyphenation: ret?ard
• Homophones: R, r

Noun

retard m (definite singular retarden, indefinite plural retarder, definite plural retardene)

1. (horology) side in a clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go slower

   Synonyms: R, r

Antonyms

• avance

References

• “retard” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• darret, radert, trader