oppressive
adjective
[ əˈprɛsɪv ]
• inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.
• "an oppressive dictatorship"
Similar:
harsh,
cruel,
brutal,
repressive,
crushing,
tyrannical,
tyrannous,
iron-fisted,
domineering,
autocratic,
dictatorial,
undemocratic,
anti-democratic,
despotic,
draconian,
punitive,
ruthless,
relentless,
merciless,
pitiless,
severe,
inexorable,
unjust,
unfair,
• (of weather) close and sultry.
• "the day was sunless and oppressive"
Similar:
muggy,
close,
heavy,
hot,
humid,
sticky,
steamy,
soupy,
fuggy,
airless,
stuffy,
stifling,
suffocating,
sultry,
torrid,
claggy,
Origin:
late 16th century: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere (see oppress).
