oppressive

op·pres·sive

O0099200 (ə-prĕs′ĭv)adj.1. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.2. Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits: oppressive demands. See Synonyms at burdensome.3. Hot and humid; sweltering: an oppressive heat wave.

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op·pres′sive·ly adv.op·pres′sive·ness n.

oppressive

(əˈprɛsɪv) adj1. cruel, harsh, or tyrannical2. heavy, constricting, or depressing opˈpressively adv opˈpressiveness n

op•pres•sive

(əˈprɛs ɪv)

adj. 1. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical. 2. causing discomfort. 3. distressing or grievous. [1620–30; < Medieval Latin] op•pres′sive•ly, adv. op•pres′sive•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	oppressive - weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
	2.	oppressive - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"tyrannical, tyrannousdomineering - tending to domineer

oppressive

adjective1. tyrannical, severe, harsh, heavy, overwhelming, cruel, brutal, authoritarian, unjust, repressive, Draconian, autocratic, inhuman, dictatorial, coercive, imperious, domineering, overbearing, burdensome, despotic, high-handed, peremptory, overweening, tyrannous The new laws will be as oppressive as those they replace.
tyrannical just, soft, gentle, humane, lenient, merciful, propitious2. stifling, close, heavy, sticky, overpowering, suffocating, stuffy, humid, torrid, sultry, airless, muggy The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.3. overwhelming, crushing, devastating, towering, intolerable, overpowering, unbearable An oppressive sense of sadness weighed upon him.

oppressive

adjectiveRequiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty.

Translations

暴虐的

oppress

(əˈpres) verb1. to govern cruelly. The king oppressed his people. 壓迫 压迫2. to worry or depress. The thought of leaving her oppressed me. 使煩惱 使烦恼opˈpression (-ʃən) nounAfter five years of oppression, the peasants revolted. 壓迫 压迫opˈpressive (-siv) adjective oppressing; cruel; hard to bear. oppressive laws. 暴虐的 暴虐的opˈpressively adverb 暴虐地 暴虐地opˈpressiveness noun 暴虐 暴虐opˈpressor noun a ruler who oppresses his people; a tyrant. 壓迫者 压迫者