OPPRESSIVE
\əpɹˈɛsɪv], \əpɹˈɛsɪv], \ə_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of OPPRESSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
By Princeton University
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marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
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Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
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Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
By Oddity Software
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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
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Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
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Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
By Noah Webster.
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Unreasonably burdensome; as, oppressive laws; unjustly severe; tyrannical; as, an oppressive ruler; overpowering; as, the oppressive air of a closed room.
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Oppressively.
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Oppressiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Oppressively.
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Oppressiveness.
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Tending to oppress: over-burdensome: unjustly severe: heavy: overpowering.
By Daniel Lyons
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Oppressively.
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Oppressiveness.
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Tyrannical; depressive.
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Oppresser.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Unjustly or excessively severe; tyrannical; extortionate; overwhelming.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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