oppressed

[US]/ə'prest/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. subjected to harsh authority or control, especially by the government or another group

Example Sentences

feel oppressed with the heat

I feel oppressed by the heat.

She is often oppressed by him.

Blacks and other nationally oppressed peoples

She was oppressed by her many woes.

a system which oppressed working people.

he was oppressed by some secret worry.

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits.

Many troubles oppressed my father.

The oppressed long for deliverance and liberation.

It seemed that the realisation of his life’s dream oppressed him with overjoy.

The model of oppressed cauda equina nerve was made by putting hyponome in spinal cord.

The oppressed peoples will never allow themselves to be preyed upon by any invaders.

Real-world Examples

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

Women, for example, living in places where they are oppressed are in general.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Freedom is never granted to the oppressed.

Source: Go blank axis version

I'm the oppressed, and there are my oppressors!

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

Through the lens of politics, everything becomes oppressor and oppressed.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

When I went out, I felt oppressed by the commotion.

Source: Education of Love

No women are oppressed in this way anymore.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

Heaven strike with the cause of the oppressed and of the captive!

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Whenever there is crime and oppression, we will stand by the oppressed ones.

Source: PBS English News

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