Usually means: Subjected to harsh and unfair treatment.
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  1. oppressed: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oppressed, the oppressed: Merriam-Webster
  3. oppressed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oppressed, the oppressed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oppressed: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oppressed, oppressed: Wordnik
  7. oppressed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oppressed: Wiktionary
  9. Oppressed, oppressed: Dictionary.com
  10. oppressed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Oppressed, The Oppressed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Oppressed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. oppressed: Rhymezone
  14. Oppressed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. oppressed: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. oppressed: FreeDictionary.org
  17. oppressed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. oppressed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. oppressed: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Subject to oppression.

Similar:
downtrodden, laden, burdened, persecute, wrong, oppressionist, discriminated-against, antioppressive, polyvictimized, antioppression, more...

Opposite:
empowered, liberated, free, independent, unburdened

Types:
women, blacks, gays, Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheists, agnostics, vegetarians, vegans, more...

Phrases:
the oppressed, oppressed people, organization of the oppressed on earth, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Theatre of the Oppressed, more...

Adjectives:
poor, long, present, worst, sore, papists, colonial, black, most

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Similar:
downtrodden, laden, burdened, persecute, wrong, oppressionist, discriminated-against, antioppressive, polyvictimized, antioppression, more...

Opposite:
empowered, liberated, free, independent, unburdened

Types:
women, blacks, gays, Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheists, agnostics, vegetarians, vegans, more...

Phrases:
the oppressed, oppressed people, organization of the oppressed on earth, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Theatre of the Oppressed, United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, oppressed groups, more...

Adjectives:
poor, long, present, worst, sore, papists, colonial, black, most

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark brown,     deep red,     charcoal, more...



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