a. | 1. | Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; |
2. | Using oppression; tyrannical; | |
3. | Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of heavy burden; |
Adj. | 1. | oppressive - weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows" |
2. | oppressive - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" Synonyms: tyrannous, tyrannical |