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Oppressive

//əˈpɹɛs.ɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Burdensome or difficult to bear.

    "The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company."

  2. 2
    Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

    "The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers."

  3. 3
    Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.

    "Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?"

  4. 4
    Hot and humid.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior wordnet
  2. 2
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit wordnet

Etymology

From oppress + -ive.

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