oppressedadjective
uk/əˈprest/us/əˈprest/oppressed adjective (RULED)
governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom:
oppressed minorities
the poor and the oppressed
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Lack of freedom to act
- be in bondage to sth idiom
- be locked in sth
- bondage
- bound
- bound
- hand
- lock
- option
- paralysis
- paralytic
- qualified
- regimented
- sb's hands are tied idiom
- tether
- thumb
- tie
- tool
- tyranny
- under sb's thumb idiom
- under the heel of sth/sb idiom
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oppressed adjective (FEELINGS)
worried and uncomfortable:
She felt oppressed and discouraged in such an unfriendly environment.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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