Category:Oppressive

Op*press"ive, a. Etym: [cf. F. oppressif.]

1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, Oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game Law. Macaulay.

2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or Commands.

3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or Woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope. -- op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- op*press"ive*ness, n.