Oppressive
English Meaning
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
- Difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws.
- Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
- Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit: oppressive weather. See Synonyms at burdensome.