Oppressed

/əˈpɹɛst/

Synonyms for "oppressed" (104 found)

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Closest matches (21)

abused bond browbeaten burdened captive charged cumbered disenfranchised downtrod downtrodden encumbered enslaved

Verb(5 words)

brutalized bulled bullied deprived disfranchised

Adjective(3 words)

burden burdened downtrodden

Noun(1 words)

dispossessed

Strong matches (31)

enthralled forlorn fraught freighted gloomy glumground downhampered heavy heavyhearted henpeckedin bondagein bondsin captivityin chainsin leading stringsin slaveryin subjectionladenladen with sorrow

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loadedlong facedlong-faced misusedordered aroundoverborne

Verb(2 words)

exploited maltreated

Adjective(3 words)

hagridden laden limit

Related words (52)

overburdened overcharged overfraught overfreighted overladen overloaded overtaxed overweighted regimented rueful sadsad of heartsad-eyed sad-faced saddened saddled sadhearted servile slavish straitened

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subjected subjugated submissive suppressed taxed trampled tyrannizedunder the heelunder the lashunfree unmannedweighed uponweightedweighted down

Adjective(11 words)

overwhelmed persecute persecuted repress repressed restrict stifle stressed subjugate subjugated tyrannize

Verb(7 words)

scourged slaved smothered suffocated thralled victimised victimized

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

action verbemotional distressinjustice stress unfairness verb

More specific

12 entries

anxietyeconomic oppressionenslavepolitical oppressionpressureracial oppressionreligious oppressionrestrict stifle subjugate tension worry

Collocations

7 entries

oppressed by authoritiesoppressed by lawsoppressed communitiesoppressed groupsoppressed minorityoppressed peopleoppressed women

Inflections

4 entries

more oppressedmost oppressedoppresses oppressing

Derivations

5 entries

oppress oppression oppressive oppressively oppressor

similar

1 entries

burdened

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Bad weather oppressed me.

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The government oppressed the people.

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A sense of trouble ahead oppressed his spirits.

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The oppressed people cried out for their liberty.

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