oppressive

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.

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op·pressive·ly adv.

op·pressive·ness n.

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oppressive

Adjective

1. cruel, harsh, or tyrannical

2. uncomfortable or depressing: a small flat can become rather oppressive

3. (of weather) hot and humid

oppressiveness n

Thesaurus

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.	oppressive - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" tyrannical, tyrannous domineering - tending to domineer

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oppressive

adjective 1. tyrannical, severe, harsh, heavy, overwhelming, cruel, brutal, authoritarian, unjust, repressive, Draconian, autocratic, inhuman, dictatorial, coercive, imperious, domineering, overbearing, burdensome, despotic, high-handed, peremptory, overweening, tyrannous << OPPOSITE merciful

adjective 2. stifling, close, heavy, sticky, overpowering, suffocating, stuffy, humid, torrid, sultry, airless, muggy

Translations

oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj → opresivo

oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj → oppressif/ive

oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] oppress adj [weather, heat] → bedrückend; [political regime] → repressiv

oppressive [əˈprɛsɪv] adj → oppressivo/a