The meaning of Oppressive

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

Usage examples:

A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

Usage examples:

My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Relating to a ruler who has absolute power.

Usage examples:

The constitutional reforms threatened his autocratic power

adjective

Savagely violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal murder

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Usage examples:

People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

Usage examples:

Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

Usage examples:

Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

Causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

The news came as a crushing blow

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

Usage examples:

The front of his car was crushed in the collision

adjective

Of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.

Usage examples:

A despotic regime

adjective

Having unlimited power over other people, and often using it unfairly and cruelly

Usage examples:

A despotic government/regime, a handful of corrupt and despotic leaders make the decisions.

adjective

Of or typical of a ruler with total power.

Usage examples:

A dictatorial regime

adjective

Liking to give orders

Usage examples:

A dictatorial ruler/government, her father is very dictatorial.

adjective

Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Usage examples:

How can i do my job with a domineering boss yelling in my ear?

verb

Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Usage examples:

She doesn't domineer, preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation

adjective

(of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.

Usage examples:

The nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws

adjective

(esp. of a rule, law, or punishment) extremely severe

Usage examples:

The governor proposed draconian cuts in state aid to education.

adjective

(of a room or atmosphere) warm, stuffy, or smoky.

Usage examples:

It was fuggy in the cabin

adjective

Having air that is not pure, especially because of smoke, heat, or having a lot of people in a small space

Usage examples:

Pubs have become a lot less fuggy since smoking was banned., the fuggy atmosphere seemed to stick i…

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Usage examples:

Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

Usage examples:

Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.

Usage examples:

It was hot inside the hall

verb

Make or become hot.

Usage examples:

He hotted up the flask

adjective

Having a high temperature

Usage examples:

A hot day, a hot meal, it’s hotter in ohio than it is here., matt makes his little sister hot choco…

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

adjective

Inflicting or intended as punishment.

Usage examples:

He called for punitive measures against the eastern bloc

adjective

Intended as a punishment

Usage examples:

No punitive action was taken against dawkins after he smashed the backboard during warmups.

adjective

Used to describe costs that are so high they are difficult to pay, and that are often used to punish someone or limit their activities

Usage examples:

The president has threatened to impose punitive import duties on a range of foreign goods., punitiv…

adjective

Unceasingly intense.

Usage examples:

The relentless heat of the desert

adjective

(especially of a social or political system) inhibiting or restraining personal freedom.

Usage examples:

A repressive regime

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

Usage examples:

A ruthless manipulator

adjective

Without mercy or pity

adjective

Cruel, or determined to succeed without caring about others

Usage examples:

A ruthless ruler, to compete abroad requires ruthless cost-cutting at home.

adjective

Having the appearance or consistency of soup.

Usage examples:

A soupy stew

adjective

Slightly thick and wet, like soup

Usage examples:

Add the milk to the sauce in batches and stir, stopping before it gets too soupy., it was okay i su…

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

adjective

Filled with steam

Usage examples:

By the time hannah finished her shower, the bathroom was all steamy.

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.

Usage examples:

Stifling heat

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

adjective

Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air

Usage examples:

Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.

adjective

(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A stuffy, overcrowded office

adjective

Formal, boring, and not modern

Usage examples:

A stuffy, arrogant man, the office gets so stuffy in the afternoon.

adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing.

Usage examples:

The suffocating heat

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

Usage examples:

They suffocated in their sleep

adjective

Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe

Usage examples:

I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!, suffocating smoke/fumes, the book tells th…

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

Usage examples:

The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

Usage examples:

It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

Usage examples:

A tyrannical government

adjective

Using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country, group, etc.

Usage examples:

A tyrannical leader/regime/political system, in the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical…

adjective

(of a government or ruler) exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

Usage examples:

A despotic and tyrannous empire

adjective

Using power or authority in a cruel and unfair way

Usage examples:

A tyrannous dictator

adjective

Not relating or according to democratic principles.

Usage examples:

An undemocratic regime