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oppressive

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op·pres·sive  (-prsv)
adj.
1. Difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws.
2. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
3. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit: oppressive weather. See Synonyms at burdensome.

op·pressive·ly adv.
op·pressive·ness n.

oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv]
adj
1. cruel, harsh, or tyrannical
2. heavy, constricting, or depressing
oppressively  adv
oppressiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.oppressive - weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
2.oppressiveoppressive - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
domineering - tending to domineer

oppressive
adjective
2. stifling, close, heavy, sticky, overpowering, suffocating, stuffy, humid, torrid, sultry, airless, muggy The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.
3. overwhelming, crushing, devastating, towering, intolerable, overpowering, unbearable An oppressive sense of sadness weighed upon him.
Translations
oppressive [əˈpresɪv] ADJ
1. (= unjust) [regime, law, system] → opresivo; [tax] → gravoso
2. (= stifling) [heat, air, atmosphere] → sofocante, agobiante; [mood, feeling, silence] → opresivo, agobiante
the little room was oppressivela pequeña habitación resultaba opresiva or agobiante
oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj
[heat] → oppressant(e)
the oppressive heat of the plains → la chaleur oppressante des plaines
[rule, ruler, system] → oppressif/ive
oppressive
adj
(= tyrannical) regime, lawsrepressiv; taxes(er)drückend
(fig)drückend; thought, moodbedrückend; heatdrückend, schwül
oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj (regime, system) → oppressivo/a (fig) (heat, thought) → opprimente
oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj (regime, system) → oppressivo/a (fig) (heat, thought) → opprimente


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The thudding sound of a machine below grew louder and more oppressive.
Her only desire now was to be rid of his oppressive presence.
Oppressive as the heat had been, it was now even more oppressive.
 
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