oppressed

Thân thiện

The workers felt oppressed by the long hours and low pay.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Subjected to unjust or cruel treatment and control: Refers to a person or group of people who are kept in a state of hardship or suffering by an authority or system that uses power in a cruel or unfair way.
   • Burdened psychologically or mentally; weighed down: Describes a state of feeling heavily burdened by worry, grief, or a sense of failure.

Usage

• The adjective oppressed is used to describe people or groups who are systematically mistreated.
• It can also describe a personal, internal feeling of being weighed down.
• It is often followed by the preposition "by" to indicate the source of the oppression (e.g., , ).

Examples

• Describing a group:
  • The oppressed citizens finally rose up against the dictator.
  • The movement fought for the rights of the oppressed.
• Describing a psychological state:
  • She felt oppressed by the constant pressure to succeed.
  • He was oppressed with guilt after the accident.

Advanced Usage

• "the oppressed" (used as a plural noun): Refers collectively to people who are suffering under oppression.
  • The revolution was meant to liberate the oppressed.

Variants and Related Words

• Oppress (verb): To keep someone in hardship through the unjust exercise of authority.
  • A good government should not oppress its people.
• Oppression (noun): The state of being oppressed; the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
  • They lived under decades of political oppression.
• Oppressive (adjective):
  • Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint.

    • An oppressive tax law.
  • Weighing heavily on the mind or spirits; causing discomfort.

    • The oppressive summer heat.

Synonyms

• Persecuted: Subjected to hostility and ill-treatment.
• Subjugated: Brought under domination or control.
• Downtrodden: Treated unfairly by people in power.
• Burdened: Carrying a heavy load (of something physical or mental).

Antonyms

• Liberated: Set free from oppression.
• Free: Not under the control or in the power of another.
• Empowered: Given the authority or power to do something.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. burdened psychologically or mentally
   • laden with grief
   • oppressed by a sense of failure

Từ đồng nghĩa

• laden