English Dictionary
◊ OPPRESSIVE
oppressive
adj 1: weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere
was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: {tyrannical},
{tyrannous}]