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Meaning of 'oppressive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Oppressive [ a.]
- Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
- Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
- Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.

Meaning of 'oppressive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . oppressive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
Example in sentence:
  • a tyrannical parent;
  • oppressive laws;
  • the oppressive government;
  • tyrannous disregard of human rights
Meaning (2):
- weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
Example in sentence:
  • oppressive sorrows;
  • the atmosphere was oppressive

Nearby Words:

oppidan oppignerate oppilate oppilated oppilating oppilation oppilative opplete oppleted oppletion

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