Meaning Of The Word Oppressive

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oppressive
An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable.
adjective: If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly.
adjective: If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp.

oppressive in American English
hard to put up with; causing great discomfort or fatigue
adjective: burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical

oppressive in British English
adjective: cruel, harsh, or tyrannical

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