oppressed

op·press  (-prs)

tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es

1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny.

2. To weigh heavily on: Poverty oppresses the spirit.

3. Obsolete To overwhelm or crush.

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[Middle English oppressen, from Old French opresser, back-formation from oppression, oppression, from Latin oppressi, oppressin-, from oppressus, past participle of opprimere, to press against : ob-, against; see ob- + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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op·pressor n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

oppressed - burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" laden burdened - bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"

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oppressed

adjective downtrodden, abused, exploited, subject, burdened, distressed, slave, disadvantaged, helpless, misused, enslaved, prostrate, underprivileged, subservient, subjugated, browbeaten, maltreated, tyrannized, henpecked << OPPOSITE liberated

Translations

oppressed [əˈprɛst] oppress adj → unterdrückt