- laden, oppressed - burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
Antonym: unburdened (indirect, via burdened)
- oppress, suppress, crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun oppression1, noun oppressor1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
--2 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun oppressor1
Somebody ----s somebody