- 1. a. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Source: opted
- 2. a. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. Source: opted
- 3. a. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. Source: opted
- 4. adj. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope. -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit s. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior Source: ecdict
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