Oppressed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

cause to suffer

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əpɹˈɛst/

🇬🇧British English

/əpɹˈɛst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əpɹˈɛst/

3 syllables Say it as /əpɹˈɛst/.

Examples

The government oppresses political activists
Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
laden with grief

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

suppress oppress laden persecute crush

Parts of Speech

verb	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority “The government oppresses political activists”
verb	cause to suffer “Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union”
adjective	burdened psychologically or mentally “laden with grief”

Word Forms

oppressive	adjective	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
oppression	noun	the act of subjugating by cruelty
oppressor	noun	a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
suppressive	adjective	tending to suppress
suppression	noun	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
suppresser	noun	someone who suppresses
crushing	noun	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
persecution	noun	the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
persecutor	noun	someone who torments

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unterdrückt

durch ungerechtfertigten Gebrauch der eigenen Autorität herabwürdigen oder unterdrücken

🇫🇷French

opprimé

rabaisser ou réprimer par un usage injuste de son autorité

🇪🇸Spanish

oprimido

Rebajarse o rebajarse mediante el uso injusto de la autoridad.

🇮🇹Italian

oppresso

venire umiliato o umiliato mediante l'uso ingiusto della propria autorità

🇳🇱Dutch

onderdrukt

neerkomen of onderdrukken door onrechtvaardig gebruik van iemands autoriteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

oprimido

rebaixar ou reprimir pelo uso injusto da autoridade

🇷🇺Russian

угнетенный

спуститься или подавить несправедливым использованием своей власти

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्पीड़ित

किसी के अधिकार का अनुचित उपयोग करके नीचे आना या नीचे बने रहना

🇧🇩Bengali

নিপীড়িত

একজনের কর্তৃত্বের অন্যায় ব্যবহার দ্বারা নিচে আসা বা নিচে রাখা

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட

ஒருவரின் அதிகாரத்தை அநியாயமாகப் பயன்படுத்துவதன் மூலம் கீழே வாருங்கள் அல்லது கீழே வைத்திருங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

అణచివేయబడ్డాడు

ఒకరి అధికారాన్ని అన్యాయంగా ఉపయోగించడం ద్వారా దిగజారండి లేదా తగ్గించుకోండి

🇮🇳Marathi

अत्याचारित

एखाद्याच्या अधिकाराचा अन्यायकारक वापर करून खाली येणे किंवा खाली ठेवणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દલિત

કોઈની સત્તાના અન્યાયી ઉપયોગ દ્વારા નીચે આવવું અથવા નીચે રાખવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ತುಳಿತಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾದರು

ಒಬ್ಬರ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಅನ್ಯಾಯದ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬನ್ನಿ ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಳಗಿಳಿಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ടു

ഒരാളുടെ അധികാരം അന്യായമായി ഉപയോഗിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് താഴേക്കിറങ്ങുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ താഴ്ത്തുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜ਼ੁਲਮ

ਹੇਠਾਂ ਆਓ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਬੇਇਨਸਾਫੀ ਨਾਲ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਰੱਖੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

مظلوم

کسی کے اختیار کے ناجائز استعمال سے نیچے آنا یا نیچے رکھنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

受压迫的

不公正地使用自己的权力来贬低或压制

🇯🇵Japanese

抑圧された

権威の不当な使用によって屈服する、または抑圧する

🇰🇷Korean

억압받는

권력을 부당하게 이용하여 내려오거나 억제하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bị áp bức

đi xuống hoặc giữ xuống bằng cách sử dụng quyền lực của mình một cách bất công

🇹🇭Thai

ถูกกดขี่

ลงมาหรือกดขี่โดยใช้อำนาจอย่างไม่ยุติธรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

tertekan

menjatuhkan atau menahan dengan penggunaan otoritas seseorang secara tidak adil

🇵🇭Filipino

inaapi

bumaba o bumaba sa pamamagitan ng hindi makatarungang paggamit ng awtoridad

🇲🇾Malay

tertindas

turun atau terus turun dengan menggunakan kuasa seseorang secara tidak adil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مظلوم

ينزل أو ينزل عن طريق الاستخدام غير العادل لسلطته

🇮🇷Persian

مظلوم

با استفاده ناعادلانه از اقتدار خود پایین بیایید یا پایین بیایید

🇹🇷Turkish

ezilen

Yetkisinin haksız kullanımı nedeniyle aşağı inmek veya aşağı kalmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

עָשׁוּק

לרדת על או לדחות על ידי שימוש לא צודק בסמכותו של האדם

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The primary meaning of 'oppressed' is 'come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority'.

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