EnglishMain Dictionary
oppressive
Universal Words
adjective
1 treating people in a cruel and unfair way and not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people:
oppressive laws * an oppressive regime * The political situation has grown increasingly oppressive.
2 (of the weather) extremely hot and unpleasant and lacking fresh air:
oppressive heat
3 making you feel unhappy and anxious:
an oppressive relationship * The silence between them started to grow oppressive.
oppressively adverb:
to behave oppressively * oppressively hot * He suffered from an oppressively dominant mother.
