Usually means: Imposed on without just cause.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word put upon:

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  1. put upon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put-upon: Merriam-Webster
  3. put-upon, put-upon, put upon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. put-upon, put-upon, put upon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. put-upon: Vocabulary.com
  6. put-upon: Wordnik
  7. put-upon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. put-upon, put upon: Wiktionary
  9. put-upon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. put-upon, put upon: Dictionary.com
  11. put-upon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. put-upon: Rhymezone
  13. put-upon: FreeDictionary.org
  14. put-upon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. put-upon, put upon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Put Upon: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (put upon)

▸ adjective:  Imposed on, taken advantage of, used, taken for granted, or unappreciated.

Similar:
victimized, ill-used, used, misused, exploited, misprised, misappreciative, malapplied, violated, misfavored, more...

Opposite:
empowered, liberated, unburdened, unencumbered

Types:
burdened, harried, overworked, stressed, taxed, tired, troubled, under pressure, more...

Phrases:
been put upon, being put upon, is put upon, was put upon, were put upon, more...

Adjectives:
desertless, ill-favoured, misprised, ill-considered, unfavourable, misadvised, ingrate, incommodious, misguided, ill

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Similar:
victimized, ill-used, used, misused, exploited, misprised, misappreciative, malapplied, violated, misfavored, more...

Opposite:
empowered, liberated, unburdened, unencumbered

Types:
burdened, harried, overworked, stressed, taxed, tired, troubled, under pressure, more...

Phrases:
been put upon, being put upon, is put upon, was put upon, were put upon, to put stress upon, God Put a Smile upon Your Face, put upon them, more...

Adjectives:
desertless, ill-favoured, misprised, ill-considered, unfavourable, misadvised, ingrate, incommodious, misguided, ill



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