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English to English adjective
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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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weighing heavily on the senses or spirit | | Example: the atmosphere was oppressive
oppressive sorrows
source: wordnet30
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marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | | Example: the oppressive government
oppressive laws
a tyrannical parent
tyrannous disregard of human rights
source: wordnet30
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