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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3055174" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>op·pressed</p><p>əˈprest/</p><p><em>adjective</em></p><p>adjective: <strong>oppressed</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment.<br /> "oppressed racial minorities"</li> </ol><p>op·press</p><p>əˈpres/</p><p><em>verb</em></p><p>past tense: <strong>oppressed</strong>; past participle: <strong>oppressed</strong></p><p>keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.</p><p></p><p>"a system that oppressed working people"</p><p>synonyms: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist/hand More</p><p></p><p>"the invaders oppressed the people"</p><p>persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, subjugated, tyrannized, repressed, subdued, crushed, browbeaten;</p><p>disadvantaged, underprivileged</p><p>"talk of a revolution spread rapidly among the oppressed masses"</p><p></p><p>cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable.</p><p>"he was oppressed by some secret worry"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3055174, member: 56035"] op·pressed əˈprest/ [I]adjective[/I] adjective: [B]oppressed[/B] [LIST=1] [*]subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment. "oppressed racial minorities" [/LIST] op·press əˈpres/ [I]verb[/I] past tense: [B]oppressed[/B]; past participle: [B]oppressed[/B] keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority. "a system that oppressed working people" synonyms: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist/hand More "the invaders oppressed the people" persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, subjugated, tyrannized, repressed, subdued, crushed, browbeaten; disadvantaged, underprivileged "talk of a revolution spread rapidly among the oppressed masses" cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable. "he was oppressed by some secret worry" [/QUOTE]
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