Synonyms for oppressive
əˈprɛs ɪvop·pres·sive

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1. oppressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   humid, close

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1. oppressive

   Synonyms:
   heavy, overpowering, unjust, galling, extortionate, grinding

   Antonyms:
   light, just, compassionate

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1. oppressiveadjective

   weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

   "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, tyrannous

   Antonyms:
   light, submissive

2. oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannousadjective

   marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

   "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, despotic, oppressive, autocratic, authoritarian, dictatorial, tyrannous, tyrannic

   Antonyms:
   submissive, light

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1. oppressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   heavy, overwhelming, overpowering

2. oppressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, cruel, severe, hard, rigorous, inhuman, grinding, galling

3. oppressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   close, uncomfortable

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1. oppressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   rigorous, tyrannical, extortionate, burdensome

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1. List of paraphrases for "oppressive":

   repressive, tyrannical, heavy-handed

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1. Barack Obama:

   What had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest, but there was no excuse for criminal acts, they're criminals, they need to be arrested and then what we need to do is to make sure that like-minded, good-spirited people on both sides -- law enforcement who have terrifically tough job and people who understandably don't want to be harassed just because of their race -- that we're able to work together to come up with some good answers.

2. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.

3. Abraham Lincoln:

   The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.

4. H.L. Mencken:

   The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

5. Meghan McCain:

   There is an oppressive climate of judgment in public life these days. And I worry that whenever people feel censored, it breeds animosity and discontent. Not to mention that it’s downright un-American, we’re pushing people into boxes and into spaces that are sad and dangerous on both sides because we’re not listening to one another.