Synonyms for Oppressive

Synonyms for "oppressive" (247 found)

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Related words (123)

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

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Adjective(41 words)

imperious inflated insolent iron-fisted iron-handed la-di-da moist monocratic nimious obtrusive orgulous ostentatious overbearing overweening pompous ponderous presumptuous pretentious priggish puffed up

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sanctimonious self-important snobbish snooty snotty stout strict stuck up supercilious thrasonic thrasonical toploftical toplofty tumid turgid tyrannical uppish uppity uppy upstage vain

Adjective(2 words)

tyrannical tyrannous

Related word relations

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Synonyms

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humid

derived

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antioppressive inoppressive nonoppressive oppressively oppressiveness unoppressive

derived from

1 entries

oppress

related to

12 entries

bear burdensome difficult exercising heavily intense overwhelming power spirit tyrannical unjust weighing

similar

4 entries

domineering heavy

Translations

38 translations across 15 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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ἀχθεινός adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)

Belarusian

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спяко́тны adj (weather: hot and humid)

Bulgarian

4 entries

потискащ adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
потискащ adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
тираничен adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
угнетяващ adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)

Catalan

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opressiu adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Finnish

4 entries

painostava adj (weather: hot and humid)
raskas adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
sortava adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
sorto adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

French

3 entries

oppressant adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
oppressif adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
oppressif adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

German

3 entries

drückend adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
oppressiv adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
unterdrückend adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Hindi

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दमनकारी adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
दमनकारी adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Irish

3 entries

anfhorlannach adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
leatromach adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
tíoránta adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Māori

3 entries

haitutu adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
haitutu adj (weather: hot and humid)
pōngerengere adj (overpowering or overwhelming)

Portuguese

3 entries

opressivo adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
opressor adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
oprimente adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Russian

4 entries

гнету́щий adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
да́вящий adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
да́вящий adj (overpowering or overwhelming)
угнета́ющий adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Spanish

2 entries

opresivo adj (burdensome or difficult to bear)
opresivo; tiranico adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Tagalog

2 entries

mapang-api adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)
mapanghamak adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

Vietnamese

1 entries

áp chế adj (tyrannical or exercising unjust power)

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.

Source: tatoeba (4881838)

An oppressive feeling attacked me around the chest.

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