oppressed
oppressed
adjectiveDefinition of OPPRESSED
suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority <setting out on a quixotic quest to right wrongs and to raise up the oppressed peoples of the world>
Related Words browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hectored, intimidated; abused, maltreated, mistreated; abject, despairing, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, hopeless
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