Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: oppressed
IPA transcription: [əpɹ'ɛst]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: laden, oppressed
    Meaning: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
Usage examples
  • An eternity of silence oppressed him
  • For one thing, the crowd oppressed me.
  • She was oppressed by a dead melancholy
  • This was what perplexed and oppressed me.
  • I was oppressed with perplexity and doubt.
  • He was oppressed with business cares; daily, hourly vexations.
  • At that time, all were either seigniors or serfs, oppressors or oppressed.
  • It may well be that he must vent the thing that oppressed him or be driven mad by it.
  • He felt more and more oppressed by a strange physical weakness. His eyes were closing with fatigue.
  • "The poor people in this town are suffering and dying!" cried Samuel. "And they are being robbed and oppressed.