oppressive

About 3.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Burdensome or difficult to bear.

   The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.

2. adjective Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

   oppressive smell

3. adjective Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.

   Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?

4. adjective Hot and humid.

Similar words

heavy domineering tyrannous tyrannical burdensome onerous violent oppressed pressing ferocious

Often followed by

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Word family

oppressively oppressiveness oppressivenesses