oppressed

/ษ™หˆpษนษ›st/

IPA: /AH0 P R EH1 S T/

verb
  1. 1

    To keep down by unjust force.

    โ€œThe rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.โ€

  2. 2

    To make sad or gloomy.

    โ€œWe were oppressed by the constant grey skies.โ€

  3. 3

    Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

adjective
  1. 1

    Subject to oppression.

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