Synonyms for oppressive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-pres-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛs ɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for oppressive Other synonyms for the word oppressive
- airless
- backbreaking
- bleak
- close
- confining
- demanding
- depressive
- despotic
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- exacting
- exigent
- gloomy
- grievous
- grinding
- headache
- heavy
- hefty
- ironhanded
- mean
- overbearing
- overpowering
- rough going
- severe
- somber
- steam bath
- steamy
- sticky
- stifling
- stuffy
- suffocating
- sultry
- superincumbent
- sweat box
- taxing
- torrid
- tough
- troublesome
- tyrannical
- unjust
- weighty
Définition of oppressive
Origin :- 1640s, from Medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness.
- adj overwhelming, repressive
- adj hot and humid
- There the flush and bloom of newness were oppressive to the right-minded.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- If formed on equal and just principles, it can not be oppressive.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Not a sound disturbed the oppressive quiet, not the quiver of a twig.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- The day was sultry, and the heat, even in the dense shade of the jungle, oppressive.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- His wristbands and collar were oppressive; his voice and manner were oppressive.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The silence of the Lowlands is as heavy and oppressive as its air.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- The sun was overhead, the heat was great, the odour was oppressive.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- An oppressive burden was lifted from his mind and conscience.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- The weather was oppressive and he had talked too much to the young men at the brasserie.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- The oppressive silence was broken by a prodigious sigh from Ruggles.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
Antonyms for oppressive
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