persecuted \persecuted\ adj.
Same as oppressed.
Syn: downtrodden, oppressed.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Persecute \Per"se*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Persecuted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Persecuting.] [F. pers['e]cueter, L. persequi,
persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per + sequi to follow,
pursue. See Per-, and Second.]
1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to
beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to
afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to
a particular religious creed or mode of worship.
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Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
--Matt. v. 44.
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2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent
solicitations; to annoy. --Johnson.
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Syn: To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "persecuted":
badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied,
deviled, dogged, fretted, harassed, harried, haunted, heckled,
hectored, hounded, needled, nipped at, pestered, picked on,
plagued, ragged, teased, tormented, vexed, worried, worried sick,
worried stiff
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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