oppressed
pronunciation
How to pronounce oppressed in British English:
UK [əˈprest]
How to pronounce oppressed in American English:
US [ əˈprest]
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- Adjective:
- burdened psychologically or mentally
Word Origin
- oppressed (adj.)
- late 14c., past participle adjective from oppress.
Example
- 1. North koreans are by and large hungry , oppressed , cloistered and treated as infants .
- 2. Africans across the continent and oppressed peoples elsewhere still look to south africa 's leader as a beacon of hope .
- 3. Oppression involves the subjugation of a person or group ...... the word " oppressed " comes from latin , to " press down , " and its synonym , " down-trodden , " suggests a sense of being " crushed under " or " flattened . "
- 4. It emboldened iraq 's kurdish minority , so raising fears of unrest in syria 's and iran 's own oppressed kurdish regions .
- 5. It is why I believe we must work much harder to reach out to those unsure of who is the oppressed , and who the oppressor .