Synonyms for oppressed
op·pressed

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1. laden, oppressedadjective

   burdened psychologically or mentally

   "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"

   Synonyms:
   laden, loaded, ladened

   Antonyms:
   unburdened

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1. down-trodden

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "oppressed":

   downtrodden, suppressed, repressed, underdog, persecuted

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1. Quisha King:

   They are reading the K-12 version of critical race theory, which is boiled down to this oppressor or oppressed talk… It is a dwindled down teaching of the theory. It is absolutely there, it’s not just in schools.

2. William Shakespeare, "Macbeth", Act 2 scene 1:

   Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?

3. Sam Gibson:

   With Michael Sam people felt they wanted to be on the right side of history, but when it comes to the race issue, people misunderstood this movement. It was about a group being ignored and a system president who blamed it on the oppressed, which was shockingly clueless.

4. Malai Nampa:

   I didn’t get it then, why he had to sacrifice so much. But now I want to tell him I understand, i’ve learned that if you don’t fight back against these people, you will only be oppressed.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   Unfortunately, for most who are oppressed, they never live long enough to see the end of the oppressor.