Oppressive Definition

ə-prĕsĭv
adjective
Cruelly overbearing; tyrannical.
Webster's New World
Hard to put up with; causing great discomfort or fatigue.
Webster's New World
Hot and humid; sweltering.
An oppressive heat wave.
American Heritage
Weighing heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses; distressing.
Webster's New World

Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
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Oppressive Sentence Examples

  • The heat of summer is most oppressive.

  • The tithe was an oppressive form of taxation, as were the various fees pp ?

  • Over all is the sagging roof of an oppressive yet inherently weak government.

  • Even in the desert the heat had not been so oppressive... and one day it had reached over a hundred.

  • Oppressive taxation and unblushing nepotism were Clement's great faults.

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