oppressed Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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