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Synonyms for oppressiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-pres-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛs ɪv |
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Définition of oppressiveness
Origin :- 1640s, from Medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness.
- As in sultriness : noun mugginess
- As in humidity : noun very damp weather
- In its times of least oppressiveness it was an enormity, if he were innocent.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
- He got the feeling of being expected to contribute to the oppressiveness of the occasion.
- Extract from : « Fidelity » by Susan Glaspell
- For a moment the stillness seemed tangible in its oppressiveness.
- Extract from : « Phases of an Inferior Planet » by Ellen Glasgow
- In order to give you a faint idea of the oppressiveness of our etiquette, I shall mention a few examples.
- Extract from : « Letters of a Javanese Princess » by Raden Adjeng Kartini
- He had no doubt of the oppressiveness of Republican rule, and the need of shaking it off by vigorous measures.
- Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
- The midsummer sun was now high in the heavens, with just a little stir in the air to temper its warmth and oppressiveness.
- Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
- There was no suggestion of oppressiveness in the air and a windsail was not necessary to keep the cabin fresh and cool.
- Extract from : « In the Track of the Trades » by Lewis R. Freeman
- The kind of emotion which this examination, joined to the oppressiveness of the air, occasioned, was choking the baron.
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- The oppressiveness of people who hold a great many things sacred, and cannot bear that they should be jested about, is very great.
- Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
- The dew-point is a matter of really vital consequence in the question of the oppressiveness of the atmosphere or its reverse.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 » by Various
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