[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oppressed \oppressed\ adj.
   having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.

   syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
        wordnet 1.5 +pjc

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oppress \oppress"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. oppressed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. oppressing. f. oppresser, ll. oppressare, fr. l.
   oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob see ob- + premere to
   press. see press.
   1. to impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
      treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --wyclif.
      1913 webster

            for thee, oppress`ed king, am i cast down. --shak.
      1913 webster

            behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
            thy chosen                           --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to ravish; to violate. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. to put down; to crush out; to suppress. obs.
      1913 webster

            the mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to produce a sensation of weight in some part of the
      body; as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
      of food oppresses the stomach.
      1913 webster
see also:
oppressed oppressing ob- press 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

oppressed
     adj : burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief";
           "oppressed by a sense of failure" syn: laden
see also:
laden 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

66 moby thesaurus words for "oppressed":
   abused, bond, browbeaten, burdened, captive, charged, cumbered,
   disenfranchised, downtrod, downtrodden, encumbered, enslaved,
   enthralled, fraught, freighted, ground down, hampered, heavy,
   heavyhearted, henpecked, in bondage, in bonds, in captivity,
   in chains, in leading strings, in slavery, in subjection, laden,
   laden with sorrow, loaded, long-faced, misused, ordered around,
   overborne, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted,
   overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, regimented, sad,
   sad of heart, sad-eyed, sad-faced, saddened, saddled, sadhearted,
   servile, slavish, subjected, subjugated, submissive, suppressed,
   taxed, trampled, tyrannized, under the heel, under the lash,
   unfree, unmanned, weighed upon, weighted, weighted down

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