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OPPRESSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burdened psychologically or mentally
Example:
oppressed by a sense of failure
Synonyms:
laden; oppressed
Classified under:
Similar:
burdened (bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb oppress
Context examples:
I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbours, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She could not immediately have uttered another sentence; her heart was too full, her breath too much oppressed.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He was evidently oppressed, and Fanny must grieve for him, though hoping she might never see him again till he were the husband of some other woman.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The calm and polite unconcern of Lady Middleton on the occasion was a happy relief to Elinor's spirits, oppressed as they often were by the clamorous kindness of the others.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She said I oppressed her by leaning over the bed, and again demanded water.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Amy rose to comply with outward composure, but a secret fear oppressed her, for the limes weighed upon her conscience.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I chiefly fed mine eyes with beholding the destroyers of tyrants and usurpers, and the restorers of liberty to oppressed and injured nations.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
But they quickly died away, and he was oppressed by a great sadness.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I awoke, oppressed by a mysterious sensation. There seemed something missing in my environment.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
All this time we, the outsiders, remained oppressed by the tremendous interests involved in the conversation; and our host regarded us with pride, as the victims of a salutary awe and astonishment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
