oppressive 音标拼音: [əpr'ɛsɪv]
a . 压制性的,压迫的,沉重的
压制性的,压迫的,沈重的
oppressive adj 1 :
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit ; "
the atmosphere was oppressive "; "
oppressive sorrows "
2 :
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior ; "
the oppressive government "; "
oppressive laws "; "
a tyrannical parent "; "
tyrannous disregard of human rights " [
synonym :
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oppressive }, {
tyrannical }, {
tyrannous }]
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1 .
Unreasonably burdensome ;
unjustly severe ,
rigorous ,
or harsh ;
as ,
oppressive taxes ;
oppressive exactions of service ;
an oppressive game law . --
Macaulay .
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2 .
Using oppression ;
tyrannical ;
as ,
oppressive authority or commands .
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3 .
Heavy ;
overpowering ;
hard to be borne ;
creating a sense of heavy burden ;
as ,
oppressive grief or woe ;
oppressive heat or humidity ;
an oppressive workload .
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To ease the soul of one oppressive weight . --
Pope .
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129 Moby Thesaurus words for "
oppressive ":
Herculean ,
absolute ,
absolutist ,
absolutistic ,
agonizing ,
airless ,
annoying ,
arbitrary ,
arduous ,
aristocratic ,
arrogant ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
autocratic ,
backbreaking ,
besetting ,
black ,
bleak ,
bossy ,
bothersome ,
breathless ,
breezeless ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
close ,
crushing ,
cumbersome ,
cumbrous ,
demanding ,
depressant ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
despotic ,
dictatorial ,
discouraging ,
disheartening ,
dismal ,
dispiriting ,
distressing ,
dolorous ,
domineering ,
down ,
effortful ,
encumbering ,
exacting ,
exhausting ,
exigent ,
feudal ,
forced ,
grievous ,
grinding ,
grueling ,
hampering ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
harrowing ,
harsh ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
high -
handed ,
humid ,
ill -
ventilated ,
impedimental ,
impeding ,
impeditive ,
imperative ,
imperial ,
imperious ,
incumbent ,
intolerable ,
irksome ,
killing ,
labored ,
laborious ,
lordly ,
lumpish ,
magisterial ,
magistral ,
massive ,
masterful ,
miserable ,
monocratic ,
muggy ,
onerous ,
operose ,
overbearing ,
overburdensome ,
overpowering ,
overruling ,
overwhelming ,
painful ,
peremptory ,
plaguey ,
punishing ,
racking ,
repressive ,
severe ,
somber ,
sticky ,
stifling ,
strained ,
strenuous ,
strict ,
stuffy ,
suffocating ,
sultry ,
superincumbent ,
suppressive ,
taxing ,
toilsome ,
tough ,
troublesome ,
trying ,
tyrannical ,
tyrannous ,
unbearable ,
uncomfortable ,
unendurable ,
unvented ,
unventilated ,
unwieldy ,
uphill ,
vexatious ,
wearing ,
wearisome ,
wearying ,
weighty ,
windless ,
wretched
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