oppressed

«oppressed» in Mova's school dictionary: Treated in a cruel and unfair way by people with power… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (oppressed); verb form (past tense and past participle of oppress: oppress, oppresses, oppressed, oppressing); noun (the oppressed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Treated in a cruel and unfair way by people with power, and not given freedom or rights. tree →

2) (feeling) Weighed down by worry or sadness, as in "oppressed by the heat". tree →

3) (the oppressed) People who are treated unfairly by those in power. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history, citizenship and religious education: enslaved people, people under dictators and groups denied rights were oppressed; movements for civil rights fought against it. In the Bible, the Israelites in Egypt were oppressed and God led them out (the Exodus). Phrases: "the oppressed", "oppressed people", "feel oppressed".

examples

• The workers were oppressed by the cruel factory owner. tree →
• Martin Luther King Jr. spoke up for oppressed people. tree →
• In the Bible, the Israelites were oppressed in Egypt. tree →
• Many charities help the poor and the oppressed. tree →
• She felt oppressed by the heavy, hot air. tree →
• The king oppressed his people with high taxes. tree →
• In the story, the oppressed villagers rose up against the tyrant. tree →
• A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. tree →

note

Spelling: double p and double s. Noun "oppression"; adjective "oppressive" (cruel and unfair; or uncomfortably hot: "oppressive heat"); person who does it: "oppressor". Not the same as "depressed" (very sad).

In the corpora

• And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
• Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.
• Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.
• The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oppressed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.