Definition for Oppressive:

• Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.

Synonyms for Oppressive:

• adj.

  •airless (adjective)
  • unventilated.
  •black (adjective)
  • depressive,
  • sombre.
  •bossy (adjective)
  • iron-handed.
  •depressing (adjective)
  • bleak.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • arduous,
  • rough,
  • strenuous,
  • formidable,
  • wearing,
  • cantankerous,
  • thorny,
  • adverse,
  • harsh,
  • finicky,
  • wearying,
  • tricky,
  • difficult,
  • fussy,
  • bothersome,
  • grinding,
  • toilsome,
  • knotty,
  • hard,
  • wearisome,
  • contrary,
  • rugged,
  • laborious,
  • complicated,
  • uphill,
  • severe,
  • tight,
  • complex,
  • ticklish.
  •funereal (adjective)
  • funereal.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • gravitational,
  • pressing,
  • leaden,
  • dense,
  • ponderous,
  • massive.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • black.
  •hot and humid (adjective)
  • torrid,
  • stuffy,
  • steamy,
  • stifling,
  • sweat box,
  • suffocating,
  • close,
  • steam bath,
  • muggy,
  • overpowering.
  •overwhelming, repressive (adjective)
  • cruel.
  •painful (adjective)
  • torturing,
  • excruciating,
  • hurtful,
  • stabbing,
  • odious,
  • Besetting,
  • chafing,
  • Gnawing,
  • cutting,
  • annoying,
  • agonizing,
  • piercing,
  • bitter,
  • smarting,
  • inflaming,
  • irritating,
  • Cramping,
  • uncomfortable,
  • aching,
  • Irksome,
  • painful,
  • sore,
  • disagreeable,
  • woeful,
  • anguishing,
  • throbbing,
  • insufferable,
  • withering,
  • horrendous,
  • acute,
  • harrowing,
  • miserable,
  • crushing,
  • biting,
  • distressful,
  • wrenching,
  • grueling,
  • offensive,
  • aggravating,
  • unpleasant,
  • stinging,
  • tormenting.
  •tyrannical (adjective)
  • autocratic,
  • Ogreish,
  • deterministic,
  • arrogant,
  • peremptory,
  • discretionary.

• n.

  •
  • worrying,
  • distressing,
  • serious,
  • disturbing,
  • grave.
  •oppressive (noun)
  • tyrannous,
  • tyrannical,
  • domineering.

Antonyms for Oppressive:

• adj.

  • hot and humid
    frigid, dry, cold.
  • overwhelming, repressive
    temperate, gentle, mild, cool, nice, Relieving, calm, easy, kind.
  • Other antonyms:
    peaceful, bearable, comfortable, calm, clement, endurable, cozy, snug, friendly, pleasant, tolerable, moderate, submissive, agreeable, reposeful, luxurious, relaxing, restful, genial, hospitable, temperate.