OPPRESSIVE

Meaning of OPPRESSIVE in English

(a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

OPPRESSIVE — adj oppressive (as in oppressive legislation)
Interlingua English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — malupigon
English-Visayan vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — əˈpresiv, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin oppressivus, from Latin oppressus + -ivus -ive 1. : unreasonably burdensome : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — (a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
Английский словарь Webster
OPPRESSIVE — (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
Английский словарь Webster
OPPRESSIVE — ( a. ) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — ( a. ) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — ( a. ) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — — oppressively , adv. — oppressiveness , n. /euh pres"iv/ , adj. 1. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — adjective Date: circa 1677 1. : unreasonably burdensome or severe oppressive legislation 2. : tyrannical 3. : overwhelming or depressing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — adj heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. 2. oppressive ·adj using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive …
Webster English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — oppressive BrE AmE ə ˈpres ɪv § \ əʊ- ▷ oppressive|ly li ▷ oppressive|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — / əˈpresɪv; NAmE / adjective 1. treating people in a cruel and unfair way and not giving them the same …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — op ‧ pres ‧ sive /əˈpresɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . powerful, cruel, and unfair: an oppressive military regime 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPPRESSIVE — 1. If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive , you think they treat people cruelly and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — [adjective]She felt an oppressive sense of guilt.Air and weather conditions that are oppressive are very hot and wet, and cause …
Cambridge English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — adj. Oppressive is used with these nouns: ↑ atmosphere , ↑ heat , ↑ regime , ↑ silence , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective an oppressive dictatorship : HARSH, cruel, brutal, repressive, tyrannical, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, undemocratic; ruthless, merciless, pitiless. an …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — adj. 1 burdensome, overpowering, overwhelming, onerous, heavy, cumbersome, exhausting, racking, unbearable, intolerable, agonizing, unendurable, harsh, brutal, severe, tyrannical, repressive; dispiriting, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — прил. 1) тиранический, деспотический, жестокий, подавляющий oppressive legislation oppressive domination Syn : harsh, merciless, tyrannical 2) гнетущий, тягостный, тяжелый, угнетающий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — oppressive.ogg əʹpresıv a 1. жестокий, деспотический oppressive rule - тирания oppressive measures - репрессивные меры oppressive system of taxation - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPPRESSIVE — a 1. жестокий, деспотический oppressive rule - тирания oppressive measures - репрессивные меры oppressive system of taxation - жёсткая налоговая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — прил. 1) тиранический, деспотический, жестокий, подавляющий - oppressive domination - oppressive legislation Syn: harsh , merciless , tyrannical 2) гнетущий, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OPPRESSIVE — прил. 1) тиранический, деспотический, жестокий, подавляющий - oppressive domination - oppressive legislation Syn: harsh, merciless, tyrannical 2) гнетущий, тягостный, тяжелый, угнетающий oppressive weather — душная, знойная погода Syn: burdensome, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OPPRESSIVE — _a. 1> гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный; oppressive weather - душная, знойная погода 2> деспотический; - oppressive legislation - oppressive domination _Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
OPPRESSIVE — a. 1. гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный; oppressive weather - душная, знойная погода 2. деспотический; - oppressive legislation - oppressive domination Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
OPPRESSIVE — прил. 1) жестокий, деспотический, угнетающий 2) гнетущий - oppressive system of taxation
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
OPPRESSIVE — _a. 1> гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный; oppressive weather душная, знойная погода 2> деспотический; oppressive legislation жестокие законы; oppressive domination деспотизм, жестокий …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OPPRESSIVE — прил. 1) тиранический, деспотический, жестокий, подавляющий oppressive legislation oppressive domination Syn : harsh, merciless, tyrannical 2) гнетущий, тягостный, тяжелый, угнетающий …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — adjective Date: circa 1677 unreasonably burdensome or severe , tyrannical , overwhelming or depressing to the spirit or senses , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPPRESSIVE — adj. depressing; of depression; of oppression
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPPRESSIVE — adj. Pronunciation: ə - ' pre-siv Function: adjective Date: circa 1677 1 : unreasonably burdensome or severe < oppressive legislation> …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — ■ adjective 1》 harsh and authoritarian. 2》 weighing heavily on the mind or spirits. 3》 (of weather) close and sultry. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — [op.pres.sive] adj (ca. 1677) 1: unreasonably burdensome or severe "~ legislation" 2: tyrannical 3: overwhelming or depressing to the spirit …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — adj. 1 oppressing; harsh or cruel. 2 difficult to endure. 3 (of weather) close and sultry. øøoppressively adv. oppressiveness n. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPPRESSIVE — adj. 1 oppressing; harsh or cruel. 2 difficult to endure. 3 (of weather) close and sultry. oppressively adv. oppressiveness n. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — adj.1 oppressing; harsh or cruel. 2 difficult to endure. 3 (of weather) close and sultry. Derivatives: oppressively adv. oppressiveness n. …
Oxford English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — 1. If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as ~, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPPRESSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, agonizing, airless, annoying, arbitrary, arduous, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, backbreaking, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: ONEROUS , burdensome, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, superincumbent, taxing, tough, weighty Antonyms: unoppressive 2 Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — a. 1. Burdensome, severe. 2. Heavy, overwhelming, overpowering. 3. Tyrannical, cruel, severe, hard, rigorous, inhuman, grinding, galling. 4. Close, uncomfortable.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
OPPRESSIVE — adjective 1. Synonyms: onerous , burdensome, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, superincumbent, taxing, tough, weighty Antonyms: unoppressive 2. Synonyms: gloomy 3, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPPRESSIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OPPRESSIVE — See ↑ CONTROL/NOT CONTROL 4, ↑ GOVERNMENT 4, ↑ HOT 3
Longman Activator English vocab
OPPRESSIVE — Гнетущий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный деспотический
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OPPRESSIVE — (a) гнетущий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — a 1. жестокий, деспотический ~ rule - тирания ~ measures - репрессивные меры ~ system of taxation - жёсткая налоговая …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OPPRESSIVE — adj. угнетающий, деспотический, тягостный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPPRESSIVE — adj. угнетающий, деспотический, тягостный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPPRESSIVE — гнетущий, угнетающий, тягостный деспотический
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
OPPRESSIVE — Затхлый
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — Душный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
OPPRESSIVE — [adj.] 1) гнетущий, тягостный 2) суровый, деспотический
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — a 1) гнетущий, тягостный; 2) суровый, деспотический
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
OPPRESSIVE — гнетущий
English-Russian Online Dictionary
OPPRESSIVE — жестокий, деспотический, гнетущий, угнетающий
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
OPPRESSIVE — гнетущий несправедливый
Англо-Русский словарь

Английский словарь Webster

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