oppressed
Syllables: op·pressed/əˈpɹɛst/
oppressed adjective: subject to oppression. Also the simple past and past participle of oppress.
Adjective
oppressed (comparative more oppressed, superlative most oppressed)
- Subject to oppression.
- politically oppressed
- feel oppressed
- Synonyms:
- downtrodden
Also used as
oppressed is also the simple past and past participle of oppress.
oppressed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
oppressed in Hindi
- Subject to oppression
- प्रताड़ित pratāṛit, पीड़ित pīṛit
oppressed in Tamil
- ஒடுக்கப்பட்டவர்கள், ஒடுக்கப்பட்டவர்
oppressed in Marathi
- Subject to oppression
- दडपलेले daḍaplele
oppressed in Urdu
- Subject to oppression
- مظلوم mazlūm
More languagesFewer languages
- oppressed in Bengali
- মজলুম môzlum
- oppressed in Telugu
- అణచివేతకు గురయ్యారు, అణచివేతకు గురైంది, అణచివేతకు గురైన
- oppressed in Malayalam
- അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ടവർ, അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ടവരെ
- oppressed in Kannada
- ತುಳಿತಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾದವರು, ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆಗೆ ಒಳಗಾದವರು
- oppressed in Gujarati
- દમન પામેલા, દમન પામેલ, અત્યાચારિત
- oppressed in Odia
- ଅତ୍ଯ଼ାଚାରିତ
- oppressed in Sanskrit
- प्रताडित pratāḍita
- oppressed in Nepali
- उत्पीडित, उत्पीड़ित
- oppressed in Arabic
- مَظْلُوم maẓlūm
- oppressed in Persian
- مظلوم mazlūm
Examples of oppressed in a sentence
- The novel tells the story of an oppressed community.
- She felt oppressed by the rigid atmosphere of the office.
Synonyms of oppressed
Forms of oppressed
| comparative | more oppressed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most oppressed |
Words formed from oppressed
Words that rhyme with oppressed
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
Questions about oppressed
- What does oppressed mean?
- Oppressed means subject to oppression.
- What is oppressed in Hindi?
- Oppressed in Hindi is प्रताड़ित (pratāṛit), पीड़ित (pīṛit). See Oppressed meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use oppressed in a sentence?
- The novel tells the story of an oppressed community.
- What part of speech is oppressed?
- Oppressed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oppressed?
- Oppressed is pronounced /əˈpɹɛst/.
Words near oppressed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oppressed (page history and authors); oppressed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oppressed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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