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oppressive
adjective
(op-pres-sive)
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
Synonyms:
tyrannical
,
tyrannous
,
Examples:
The oppressive government.
Oppressive laws.
oppressive
adjective
(op-pres-sive)
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
Examples:
The atmosphere was oppressive.
Oppressive sorrows.
Words Related to
oppressive
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tyrannical
,
tyrannous
,
domineering
,
heavy
,
repressive
,
despotic
,
unjust
,
iniquitous
,
oppressed
,
coercive
,
brutal
,
cruel
,
suffocating
,
onerous
,
burdensome
,
arbitrary
,
abusive
,
unfair
,
suppressive
,
punitive
,
excessive
,
brute
,
wanton
,
violent
,
ferocious
,
bossy
,
sweaty
,
constraint
,
undue
,
improper
,
pressing
,
heavy-handed
,
high-handed
,
high-pressure
,
high-voltage
,
law-enforcement
,
dictatorial
,
totalitarian
,
authoritarian
,
draconian
,
inhuman
,
undemocratic
,
autocratic
,
illiberal
,
intolerable
,
imperialistic
,
patriarchal
,
fascistic
,
exploitative
,
feudal
,
paternalistic
,
odious
,
inhumane
,
unbearable
,
merciless
,
reactionary
,
restrictive
,
pernicious
,
unforgiving
,
loathsome
,
hellish
,
insufferable
,
exploitive
,
unfriendly
,
barbaric
,
rapacious
,
militaristic
,
intolerant
,
puritanical
,
inoppressive
,
overbearing
,
subjugated
,
stultifying
,
anachronistic
,
feudalistic
,
burdenous
,
tyrannic
,
archaic
,
dictatory
,
anarchical
,
unendurable
,
monarchical
,
hardhanded
,
unfree
,
despotical
,
dehumanizing
,
hegemonic
,
overweening
,
barbarous
,
exclusionist
,
colonialist
,
censorious
,
capitalistic
,
inimical
,
orwellian
,
unreformable
,
inflexible
,
confiscatory
,
stalinist
,
uncivilized
,
oppressive
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