oppressed

Adjective
Synonyms: laden

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. burdened psychologically or mentally“laden with grief”“oppressed by a sense of failure”Synonyms: laden
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

oppressed \oppressed\ adj. having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.

Syn: downtrodden, persecuted. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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