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Oppressive
əˈprɛsɪv
Oppressive definitions
adjective
oppressive
- inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment
"an oppressive dictatorship"
harsh cruel brutal repressive crushing tyrannical tyrannous iron-fisted domineering autocratic dictatorial undemocratic anti-democratic despotic draconian punitive- weighing heavily on the mind or spirits
"the offices present an oppressive atmosphere"
- (of weather) close and sultry
"the day was sunless and oppressive"