transcription, транскрипция: [ əpresɪv ]
1.
If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive , you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly.
The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
...refugees from the oppressive regime.
= repressive
ADJ
2.
If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive , you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp.
The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...
= stifling
ADJ
3.
An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable.
...the oppressive sadness that weighed upon him like a physical pain.
ADJ : usu ADJ n