oppressive
adjective
Origin of oppressive
Related Words for oppressive
onerous, overbearing, dictatorial, unjust, inhuman, cruel, brutal, depressing, burdensome, heavy-handed, tyrannical, harsh, stifling, torrid, muggy, sultry, backbreaking, bleak, confining, demandingExamples from the Web for oppressive
Contemporary Examples of oppressive
Demographic changes are making that community less dogmatic, even through the Castro regime remains an oppressive dictatorship.
In other words, markets were impersonal, but that was good, because sometimes personal ties were cruel and oppressive.
And of course there is the truly bad touch that is humiliating, oppressive and often painful.
At this point the hot, oppressive cloud-cover was beginning to part, and the moon was rising high above the desert.
Starting today, an Internet user in an oppressive country can swap online identities with someone in the West.
Historical Examples of oppressive
There the flush and bloom of newness were oppressive to the right-minded.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
If formed on equal and just principles, it can not be oppressive.
Not a sound disturbed the oppressive quiet, not the quiver of a twig.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
The day was sultry, and the heat, even in the dense shade of the jungle, oppressive.
The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs
His wristbands and collar were oppressive; his voice and manner were oppressive.
Little DorritCharles Dickens