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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
     oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
     press. See Press.]
     1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
        treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
              Thy chosen!                           --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  oppressed \oppressed\ adj.
     having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.
  
     Syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
     oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
     press. See Press.]
     1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
        treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
  
              For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
  
              Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy
              chosen !                              --Milton.
  
     2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
  
              The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
  
     4. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  oppressed
       adj : burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief";
             "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     Αγγλικά a.
     καταπιεσμένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     a.
     Subject to oppression.
     vb.
     (infl of en oppress  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     a.
     Subject to oppression.
     vb.
     (infl of en oppress  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     a.
     Subject to oppression.
     vb.
     (infl of en oppress  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     a.
     Subject to oppression.
     vb.
     (infl of en oppress  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm o ppress ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  oppressed
     Engelska a.
     förtryckt

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  beklemd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  مضطهد

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/ 
  utiskovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/ 
  utlačovaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  bedrückt, gelastet auf, zu schaffen gemacht
   see: oppress sb., oppressing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  niedergedrückt
   see: oppress, oppressing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  unterdrückt, geknechtet
     Synonym: subjugated
  
   see: subjugate, oppress, subjugating, oppressing, oppresses, oppressed, unoppressed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  unterdrückte
   see: subjugate, oppress, subjugating, oppressing, subjugated, oppressed, oppresses, unoppressed
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  
  καταπιεσμένος, καταπονημένος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  oppressed //əˈpɹɛst// 
  sorrettu
  Subject to oppression

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  oppressed /əpɹˈɛst/
  elnyomott

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  oppressed /əprest/
  beklemd

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  oppressed //əˈpɹɛst// 
  förtryckt
  Subject to oppression

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈpɹɛst/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "oppressed":
     abused, bond, browbeaten, burdened, captive, charged, cumbered,
     disenfranchised, downtrod, downtrodden, encumbered, enslaved,
     enthralled, fraught, freighted, ground down, hampered, heavy,
     heavyhearted, henpecked, in bondage, in bonds, in captivity,
     in chains, in leading strings, in slavery, in subjection, laden,
     laden with sorrow, loaded, long-faced, misused, ordered around,
     overborne, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted,
     overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, regimented, sad,
     sad of heart, sad-eyed, sad-faced, saddened, saddled, sadhearted,
     servile, slavish, subjected, subjugated, submissive, suppressed,
     taxed, trampled, tyrannized, under the heel, under the lash,
     unfree, unmanned, weighed upon, weighted, weighted down
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     被压的

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