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. Benjamin Hooks:

   There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.

2. Karl Marx:

   Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

3. Shoshanna Ehrlich:

   I'm outraged by the idea that straight people need a pride parade, we are not an oppressed majority by an stretch of the imagination. This is full of hate and offensive.

4. Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin:

   I will ask about the extent of the assistance they will give us, what they can do to help us because right now we are being oppressed, we feel concerned about what is happening in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Freedom of navigation, freedom of flight is disrupted so that even U.S. aircraft flying at the international territory are challenged.

5. Mario Diaz-Balart:

   President Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people.