oppressive
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- tyrannical, brutal, cruel, despotic, harsh, inhuman, repressive, severe, unjust
- sultry, airless, close, muggy, stifling, stuffy

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Antonyms: unoppressive

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op‧pres‧sive /əˈpresɪv/ adjective

1. powerful, cruel, and unfair:
an oppressive military regime

2. weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air:
the oppressive heat of the afternoon

3. a situation that is oppressive makes you unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable:
an oppressive silence
an oppressive atmosphere
—oppressively adverb

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