Crossword clues for oppressiveness
oppressiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
--Macaulay.Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
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Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat or humidity; an oppressive workload.
To ease the soul of one oppressive weight.
--Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being oppressive.
WordNet
n. a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression]
unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, onerousness]
Usage examples of "oppressiveness".
It was pleasant to be apart from him, his experience, his weightiness, the innocent oppressiveness of his maturity, his dominance.
The smoke-darkened timbers seemed to breathe out a miasma of oppressiveness.