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verb

Oppress v. t. (past & past part. oppressed; pres. part. oppressing)

To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. "For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down." "Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen!"

To ravish; to violate. (Obs.)

To put down; to crush out; to suppress. (Obs.) "The mutiny he there hastes to oppress."

To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

adjective

oppressed adj. Having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.

Synonyms: downtrodden, persecuted.

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Etymology of 'Oppressed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Oppressed" Quotes from Famous Books

... writes, 'with what joy I look forward to being to ourselves once more. For though I get literally oppressed with kindness, I must say I would prefer a home where we could sit down together at our own little table, myself the mistress, and my husband the only guest. But the work of God so abundantly prospers ...

— Catherine Booth - A Sketch • Colonel Mildred Duff

... now old enough to understand how disproportionate a stay she had already made with her father; and also old enough to enter a little into the ambiguity attending this excess, which oppressed her particularly whenever the question had been touched upon in talk with her governess. "Oh you needn't worry: she doesn't care!" Miss Overmore had often said to her in reference to any fear that her mother might resent her prolonged detention. "She has other people ...

— What Maisie Knew • Henry James

... reply—there was not even a movement in the other apartment, and he was suddenly oppressed with the fear that he was in the power of an organized gang of robbers who might be meditating putting him out of the way, and no one would ever be the wiser regarding ...

— Mona • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... who had performed this office many a time before, unclasped the jewels and laid them on a sofa-table close by, then she removed the burning stones from that oppressed bosom, and unclasped them from the slender arms, while her mistress lay struggling for breath, with her eyes fixed on that kind old face with a ...

— The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals • Ann S. Stephens

... your fiat. Satisfied with felicity ourselves, our hearts will overflow with benevolence for the world. Never will misery pass us unrelieved, never shall we remit the delightful task of seeking out the modest and the oppressed in their obscure retreat. We will set mankind an example of integrity and goodness. We will retrieve the original honours of the wedded state. Methinks, I could rouze the most lethargic and unanimated with my warning voice! Methinks, I could ...

— Italian Letters, Vols. I and II • William Godwin

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