oppressive
Meaning of oppressive
adjective
- Burdensome or difficult to bear.
The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
- Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
- Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?
- Hot and humid of the weather.
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Hyphenation of oppressive
op-pres-sive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- oppressive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
oppressive synonyms
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Words that rhyme with oppressive
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