oppressed Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
crush; suppress; oppress.
- The government oppresses political activists
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verb cause to suffer
persecute; oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
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adjective satellite burdened psychologically or mentally
laden.
- laden with grief
- oppressed by a sense of failure