oppressive

oppressive is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
2. adjective. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
3. adjective. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
4. adjective. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

   "the oppressive government"

   "oppressive laws"

   Synonyms: tyrannical, tyrannous

5. adjective. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

   "the atmosphere was oppressive"

   "oppressive sorrows"

Synonyms

tyrannical, tyrannous

Common word forms

oppressively, oppressiveness

Words from these letters

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