Definition of oppressive

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Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands..

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Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Sum :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air..
Sultry :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts..
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe..
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands..
Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Gripingly :: Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner.
Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..
Pressive :: Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation..
Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
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