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 freedom for the oppressed people of the world
advantaged, favoured, honoured, privileged, liberated, exalted

Translations

oppressed [əˈprɛst]

adj [people] → opprimé(e)

npl (= downtrodden) the oppressed → les opprimés