oppressive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oppressive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for oppressive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oppressive adj weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows" marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" Synonym(s): oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppressive \Oppress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive* taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- {Oppress"ively}, adv. -- {Oppress"iveness}, n.