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