Synonyms for Oppressive

Synonyms for "oppressive" (258 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Adjective(17 words)

tyrannical abusiveacademic silencingauthoritarianauthoritarian approachauthoritarian frameworkauthoritarian ruleauthoritarian thinkerautocratic regimeblowziest burdensome cavernous claustrophobic coercivecoercive enforcementcoercive enforcementscoercive methods

absolute absolutist absolutistic agonizing airless annoying arbitrary arduous aristocratic arrogant authoritarian authoritative autocratic backbreaking besetting black bleak bossy bothersome breathless

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breezeless brutal burdensome cheerless close

Verb(2 words)

afflicting asphyxiating

Noun(8 words)

autocratic leadershipbeleaguering blinding bullyingcoercive actioncoercive forcingcoercive reformcoercive tactic

Strong matches (77)

cold crushing cumbersome cumbrous demanding deplorable depressant depressing depressive despotic dictatorial discouraging disheartening dismal dispiriting distressing dolorous domineering down dreary

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Adjective(14 words)

colonial governancecommunalistic policycrushing workloaddark culturedense despotical draconian dystopiandystopian futureexploitative extortionate fuggy harsh illiberal

Verb(6 words)

cudgeled depriving domineered enslaving expropriatingforcing relocation

Noun(4 words)

deafening silenceextorting fascist harrying

Adjective(1 words)

harsh

Related words (129)

imperial imperious incumbent inequitable intolerable irksome joyless killing labored laborious leaden lordly lugubrious lumpish magisterial magistral massive masterful miserable monocratic

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Noun(19 words)

imprisoning nazis persecuting quelling repressing sexists shackling slaving smothering straitjacketing strangler strangling strangulating subjugating terrorizing tyrannizing usurping victimizing withering

Adjective(28 words)

intimidating ironshod kafkaesque leaden muggier muggiest onerouspharaonic eraprisonlike repressive restrictive slavelikestate coercionstifling stuffiest suffocating sultriest sweltering sweltrysystemic misrule

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threatening pressuretotalitarian transphobic tyrannictyrannical ownershiptyrannous unconscionable unjust

Verb(4 words)

maltreating oppressing sweltered tyrannized

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

descriptive termeconomic descriptorenvironmental descriptorlinguistic descriptorqualitative descriptor

More specific

12 entries

claustrophobic atmosphereexcessive taxationoppressive censorshipoppressive climateoppressive heatoppressive humidityoppressive regimeoppressive rhetoricoppressive surveillanceoppressive taxationrestrictive regulationunfair restriction

Collocations

6 entries

oppressive atmosphereoppressive climateoppressive controloppressive lawsoppressive regimeoppressive taxation

Inflections

2 entries

more oppressivemost oppressive

Derivations

5 entries

oppress oppression oppressively oppressiveness oppressor

similar

2 entries

domineering heavy

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He defies the present government which is no less oppressive than its predecessor.

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The weather is so oppressive.

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Oppressive regimes don't live forever.

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An oppressive feeling attacked me around the chest.

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Oppressive