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oppressive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- {Op*press"ive*ly}, adv -- {Op*press"ive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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