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oppressive
What does oppressive mean?
oppressive (adjective): marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use oppressive in a sentence?
- Oppressive laws. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce oppressive?
/əˈpɹɛsɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does oppressive come from?
From oppress + -ive.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to oppressive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “oppressive” mean?
causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive
Not quite: that's what sore means.
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Not quite: that's what exceptional means.
unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses
Not quite: that's what harsh means.
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
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