Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.