Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
- 2adjective
Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
- 3adjective
Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
- 4adjective
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
"the oppressive government"
"oppressive laws"
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- 5adjective
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
"the atmosphere was oppressive"
"oppressive sorrows"
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