Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - oppressive
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Oppressive
oppressive
adjective Date: circa 1677 1. unreasonably burdensome or severe ~ legislation 2. tyrannical 3. overwhelming or depressing to the spirit or senses an ~ climate Synonyms: see onerous • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 oppressing; harsh or cruel. 2 difficult to endure. 3 (of weather) close and sultry. Derivatives oppressively adv. oppressiveness n. Etymology: F oppressif -ive f. med.L oppressivus (as OPPRESS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
прил. 1) жестокий, деспотический, угнетающий 2) гнетущий - oppressive system of taxation ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. жестокий, деспотический oppressive rule —- тирания oppressive measures —- репрессивные меры oppressive system of taxation —- жесткая налоговая система 2. гнетущий, угнетающий; тягостный oppressive weather —- гнетущая погода oppressive heat —- томительная жара oppressive sorrows —- тяжелые переживания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
legislation жестокие законы; OPPRESSIVE adj. 1) гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный; oppressive weather - душная, знойная погода 2) деспотический; - oppressive legislation - oppressive domination Syn: see heavy OPPRESSIVE domination деспотизм, жестокий гнет ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace. ...refugees from the oppressive regime. = repressive ADJ 2. If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out... = stifling ADJ 3. An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable. ...the oppressive sadness that weighed upon him like a physical pain. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ adj 1 powerful, cruel, and unfair (an oppressive military regime) 2 weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air (The evening gradually grew more and more oppressive.) 3 a situation that is oppressive makes you feel too uncomfortable to do or say anything (The silence in the meeting was becoming oppressive.) - oppressively adv - oppressiveness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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