How Many Syllables Are in Oppressed

The word Oppressed has three syllables: op-pressed.
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Definition of Oppressed

to keep someone in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority

How should Oppressed divide into syllables

The first syllable 'op' has a vowel 'o' and a consonant 'p'. The second syllable 'pressed' has two vowels 'e' and 'e' and four consonants 'p', 'r', 's', and 'd'.

Part of Speech - Oppressed

The government oppressed the people for years.

The oppressed people finally stood up for their rights.

Sentences with Oppressed

• She felt oppressed by her boss's constant criticism.
• The minority group was oppressed by the majority group for a long time.
• The king oppressed his people and didn't care about their suffering.
• The government oppressed the citizens and violated their human rights.
• The workers were oppressed and paid very low wages.
• The colonizer oppressed the natives and took their land.
• The women were oppressed and denied equal rights.
• The regime oppressed the opposition and arrested its leaders.
• The slaves were oppressed and treated cruelly by their owners.
• The poor were oppressed by the rich who controlled the economy.

Quotes with Oppressed

• The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves. - Frantz Fanon
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx
• No one is free while others are oppressed. - Unknown
• The oppressed are not allowed to vote so they organize - Unknown
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament! - Vladimir Lenin
• Oppressed people can't remain oppressed forever. - Martin Luther King Jr.
• Silence in the face of oppression is complicity with the oppressor. - Ginetta Sagan
• The oppressed are by their nature ... forever in ferment and agitation against their condition and what they understand to be their oppressors. - Jean-Paul Sartre
• Oppression can only survive through silence. - Carmen de Monteflores
• The oppressed always tyrannize their oppressors. - Voltaire
• When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. - Nelson Mandela
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Unknown
• The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong. - Simone de Beauvoir
• The oppressed are always in a state of becoming. - Paulo Freire
• The oppressed are a contradiction in motion. - Paulo Freire
• The oppressed are forced to believe that they are inferior. - Paulo Freire
• The oppressed are regarded as the substratum of the national community. - Paulo Freire
• The oppressed must never allow the oppressor to dictate the terms of their struggle. - Nelson Mandela
• The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves. - Frantz Fanon
• The oppressed always want to believe that they are better than their oppressors. - Paulo Freire

Number of characters in Oppressed

9 ( o, p, p, r, e, s, s, e, d )

Unique letters in Oppressed

6 ( o, p, r, e, s, d )

Oppressed Backwards

desserppo

How to Pronounce Oppressed

IPA (International): ʌˈprest

ARA (American): ʌˈprɛst

EPA (English): ʌˈprest

AH-PREH-ST