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Oppressive

Oppressive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Oppressive? [adj] marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [adj] weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Oppressive: domineering \| heavy \| tyrannical \| tyrannous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Oppressive: absolute \| absolutist \| absolutistic \| agonizing \| airless \| annoying \| arbitrary \| arduous \| aristocratic \| arrogant \| authoritarian \| authoritative \| autocratic \| backbreaking \| besetting \| black \| bleak \| bossy \| bothersome \| breathless \| breezeless \| brutal \| burdensome \| close \| crushing \| cumbersome \| cumbrous \| demanding \| depressant \| depressing \| depressive \| despotic \| dictatorial \| discouraging \| disheartening \| dismal \| dispiriting \| distressing \| dolorous \| domineering \| down \| effortful \| encumbering \| exacting \| exhausting \| exigent \| feudal \| forced \| grievous \| grinding \| grueling \| hampering \| hard-earned \| hard-fought \| harrowing \| harsh \| heavy \| hefty \| Herculean \| high-handed \| humid \| ill-ventilated \| impedimental \| impeding \| impeditive \| imperative \| imperial \| imperious \| incumbent \| intolerable \| irksome \| killing \| labored \| laborious \| lordly \| lumpish \| magisterial \| magistral \| massive \| masterful \| miserable \| monocratic \| muggy \| onerous \| operose \| overbearing \| overburdensome \| overpowering \| overruling \| overwhelming \| painful \| peremptory \| plaguey \| punishing \| racking \| repressive \| severe \| somber \| sticky \| stifling \| strained \| strenuous \| strict \| stuffy \| suffocating \| sultry \| superincumbent \| suppressive \| taxing \| toilsome \| tough \| troublesome \| trying \| tyrannical \| tyrannous \| unbearable \| uncomfortable \| unendurable \| unvented \| unventilated \| unwieldy \| uphill \| vexatious \| wearing \| wearisome \| wearying \| weighty \| windless \| wretched See Also \| Oppressive In Webster's Dictionary \Oppress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- {Oppress"ively}, adv. -- {Oppress"ive*ness}, n.

Oppressive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oppressive?

[adj] marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
[adj] weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oppressive: domineering | heavy | tyrannical | tyrannous

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Oppressive In Webster's Dictionary

\Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
   harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
   service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.

2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
   commands.

3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive
   grief or woe.

         To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
   -- {Op*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Op*press"ive*ness}, n.

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