adj. 25B6; adjective
an oppressive dictatorship : HARSH, cruel, brutal, repressive, tyrannical, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, undemocratic; ruthless, merciless, pitiless.
an oppressive sense of despair : OVERWHELMING, overpowering, unbearable, unendurable, intolerable.
it was grey and oppressive : MUGGY, close, heavy, hot, humid, sticky, steamy, airless, stuffy, stifling, sultry.
lenient.