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oppressed

US pronunciation
American soundoppressed
oppressed
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3 syllables
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Past ending sound

op - pres - sed -> oppressed

Myanmar meaning

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oppress /ǝ'pres /v (esp passive)

၁။ ဖိနှိပ်ချုပ်ချယ်သည်။ The people are oppressed by a ruthless military dictator.
၂။ ဖိစီးသည်။ oppressed by worry/poverty/work ❍ The heat oppressed him and made him ill.
❏ oppressed adj အဖိနှိပ်ခံ။ အချုပ်ချယ်ခံ။ an oppressed people/group/class.
❏ the oppressed n [pl v ] အဖိနှိပ်ခံ၊ အချုပ်ချယ်ခံ (လူထု၊ လူတန်းစား)။ the oppressed of the world.
❏ oppression /ǝ'preʃn / n [U] ဖိနှိပ်မှု။ ချုပ်ချယ်မှု။ a tyrant's oppression of his people ❍ victims of oppression.
❏ oppressive /ǝ'presÇv / adj
၁။ ဖိနှိပ်ချုပ်ချယ်သော။ oppressive laws/rules/measures.
၂။ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။ ဆိုးရွားသော။ စိတ်လေးဖွယ်ရာ။ oppressive weather ❍ He found the silent house oppressive.
❏ oppressively adv သည်းမခံနိုင်အောင်။ oppressively hot.
❏ oppressor n ဖိနှိပ်သူ။ ချုပ်ချယ်သူ။ suffer at the hands of an oppressor.

More examples
  • Trade unionists had been ruthlessly oppressed during the dictatorship.
Synonyms
keep down, coerce, tyrannize, dominate, repress, subjugate, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, beat down, beset, burden, crush, depress, despotize, dishearten, dispirit, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, ride, rule, sadden, saddle, smother, strain, subdue, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, tyrranize, vex, weigh heavy upon, worry, wrong
Antonyms
aid, assist, benefit, boost, calm, comfort, compliment, delight, encourage, give in, gladden, help, inspirit, leave alone, let go, liberate, make happy, please, praise, release, relieve, soothe, surrender, yield
Cross references
keep downcoercetyrannizedominaterepresssubjugateabuseafflictaggrieveannoybeat downbesetburdencrushdepressdespotizedisheartendispiritdistressencumberforcehandicapharassharryhoundmaltreatoutrageovercome
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