English-Thai Dictionary

oppressive

ADJ(อากาศ  ร้อน และ ไม่สบาย  ron-lea-mai-sa-bai

 

oppressive

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ทุกข์ใจ  ซึ่ง ทำให้ สลดใจ  distressing grievous sueng-tam-hai-tuk-jai

 

oppressive

ADJ ที่ ปกครอง อย่าง กดขี่  tyrannical cruel unjust ti-pok-krong-yang-kod-ke

 

oppressively

ADV อย่าง กดขี่  severely brutally yang-kod-ke

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPRESSIVE

a. 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe; as oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service.
2. Tyrannical; as an oppressive government.
3. Heavy; overpowering; overwhelming; as oppressive grief or woe.

 

OPPRESSIVELY

adv. In a manner to oppress; with unreasonable severity.

 

OPPRESSIVENESS

n.The quality of being oppressive.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPPRESSIVE

Op *press "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. oppressif. ]

 

1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay.

 

2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.

 

3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope. -- Op *press "ive *ly, adv. -- Op *press "ive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oppressive

op pres sive |əˈpresiv əˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, esp. on a minority or other subordinate group: an oppressive dictatorship. • weighing heavily on the mind or spirits; causing depression or discomfort: a profound loneliness, an oppressive emptiness. • (of weather ) excessively hot and humid. DERIVATIVES op pres sive ly adverb, op pres sive ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against, ’ from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

oppressive

op ¦pres |sive |əˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment: an oppressive dictatorship. • weighing heavily on the mind or spirits: the offices present an oppressive atmosphere. 2 (of weather ) close and sultry. DERIVATIVES oppressively adverb, oppressiveness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress- ‘pressed against ’, from the verb opprimere (see oppress ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

oppressive

oppressive adjective 1 an oppressive dictatorship: harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive, tyrannical, tyrannous, iron-fisted, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, undemocratic; ruthless, merciless, pitiless, draconian. ANTONYMS lenient, humane. 2 an oppressive sense of despair: overwhelming, overpowering, unbearable, unendurable, intolerable, burdensome. 3 it was gray and oppressive: muggy, close, heavy, hot, humid, sticky, steamy, airless, stuffy, stifling, suffocating, sultry. ANTONYMS airy, fresh.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

oppressive

oppressive adjective 1 an oppressive dictatorship | oppressive laws: harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive, crushing, tyrannical, tyrannous, iron-fisted, domineering, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, draconian, punitive; ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, severe, inexorable; unjust, unfair, undemocratic. ANTONYMS lenient, humane. 2 an oppressive sense of despair: overwhelming, overpowering, hard to bear, unbearable, burdensome, unendurable, intolerable, heavy; uncomfortable, grinding. 3 the day was grey and oppressive: muggy, close, heavy, hot, humid, sticky, steamy, soupy, fuggy, airless, stuffy, stifling, suffocating, sultry, torrid. ANTONYMS fresh, airy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

oppressive

op pres sive /əprésɪv /→oppression 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈法 人などが 〉圧制的な, 暴虐的な, 過酷な .2 〈気候が 〉重苦しい, 蒸し暑い .3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗重くよどんだ, 息苦しい 〈状況 雰囲気など 〉.～ly 副詞 弾圧的に ; 耐えがたいほどに .～ness 名詞