When something is oppressive, it is limiting or restricting. People who are oppressive often have power over others, and they use that power to control and to oppress.
The oppressive regime has ruled the country for decades.
The oppressive dress is uncomfortable and restrictive.
verb
To keep down by unjust force.
verb
To make sad or gloomy.
verb
Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
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The new leader was oppressive.
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Be the enemy of oppressor and supporters of oppressed.
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Such behaviour is cowardly and oppressive in the extreme.
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This was the climate of oppression of the left at that time.
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It was as though the oppression of the interregnum never happened.
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Many people suffered from oppression.
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Even the kings are shudras and oppress the brahmanas.
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Conditions within the city are oppressive and harsh.
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The condition of the oppressed and deprived was no longer the same.
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The prospects of the future oppressed him heavily.