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Definitions for Oppressed
[1] to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
[2] to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them.
[3] to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
[4] Archaic . to put down; subdue or suppress.
[5] Archaic . to press upon or against; crush.
[6] to subjugate by cruelty, force, etc
[7] to afflict or torment
[8] to lie heavy on (the mind, imagination, etc)
[9] an obsolete word for overwhelm
Words related to Oppressed
oppressexploited, distressed, destitute, helpless, enslaved, persecuted, burdened, tyrannized, suppressed, abject, have-not, subservient, underfoot
Words nearby Oppressed
oppressopposite prompt, opposite sex, opposition, oppositional disorder, oppositionist, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn
Origin of Oppressed
1300–50; Middle English oppressen < Middle French oppresser < Medieval Latin oppressāre, derivative of Latin oppressus past participle of opprimere to squeeze, suffocate, equivalent to op- op- + -primere (combining form of premere ) to press1
Words that may be confused with Oppressed
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, oppressoppress, repress
Other words from Oppressed
op·press·i·ble , adjective
op·pres·sor , noun
pre·op·press , verb (used with object)
pre·op·pres·sor , noun
re·op·press , verb (used with object)
self-op·pres·sor , noun
un·op·pressed , adjective
un·op·press·i·ble , adjective
Word origin for Oppressed
C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin oppressāre, from Latin opprimere, from ob- against + premere to press
Synonyms for Oppressed
abused, destitute, distressed, enslaved, exploited, helpless, persecuted, burdened, maltreated, mistreated, suppressed, tormented, tyrannized, a slave to, abject, at one's feet, at one's mercy, have-not, subservient, under one's thumb, underfoot