oppressiveadjective
uk/əˈpres.ɪv/us/əˈpres.ɪv/oppressive adjective (CRUEL)
cruel and unfair:
an oppressive government/military regime
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Ruling & governing
- absolute
- administration
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throne idiom
- Comintern
- corridor
- government-chartered
- government-owned
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- hung parliament
- officially
- power-sharing
- reign
- repress
- repression
- repressive
- sovereignty
- the politburo
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Systems of government
oppressive adjective (FEELINGS)
causing people to feel worried and uncomfortable:
an oppressive silence
If the weather or heat is oppressive, it is too hot and there is no wind:
We were unable to sleep because of the oppressive heat.
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Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- frighten sb/sth away/off
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- joke
- suspenseful
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
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Hot & heat
oppressively
adverb uk/əˈpres.ɪv.li/us/əˈpres.ɪv.li/
It was oppressively hot on the bus.
oppressiveness
noun [ U ] uk/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/us/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/