oppressive
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English
Definitions
adjective
- Burdensome or difficult to bear.“The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.”
- Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.“The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.”
- Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming“Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?”
- Hot and humid of the weather.
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Synonyms
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Associated
patriarchalunjustlandlordsregimetaxationoppressionauthoritariandictatorshiphumiditysocietalfeudalarbitrary