Definition for Oppressiveness:

• a feeling of being oppressed

Synonyms for Oppressiveness:

• n.

  •burdensomeness (noun)
  • burdensomeness.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • cumbersomeness,
  • ticklishness,
  • adversity,
  • wearying,
  • ordeal,
  • fussiness,
  • strenuousness,
  • roughness,
  • stressfulness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • formidability,
  • hardness,
  • onerousness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • contrariness,
  • trickiness,
  • tightness,
  • knottiness,
  • toughness,
  • complication,
  • complexity.
  •feeling (noun)
  • oppression,
  • oppressiveness.
  •humidity (noun)
  • stickiness,
  • thickness,
  • swelter,
  • evaporation,
  • dew,
  • wet,
  • steam,
  • moisture.
  •painfulness (noun)
  • anguish,
  • arduousness,
  • woefulness,
  • irritation,
  • cruelty,
  • torment,
  • bitterness,
  • irksomeness,
  • misery,
  • painfulness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • ache,
  • annoyingness,
  • torture,
  • agony,
  • soreness,
  • distressfulness,
  • aggravation,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • offensiveness,
  • hurtfulness,
  • grievousness,
  • odiousness.
  •severity (noun)
  • bluntness,
  • harshness,
  • coolness,
  • meticulousness,
  • sharpness,
  • strictness,
  • acerbity,
  • austerity,
  • briskness,
  • dryness,
  • grimness,
  • abruptness,
  • authoritarianism,
  • starkness,
  • severity,
  • gruffness,
  • frostiness,
  • astringency,
  • rigorousness,
  • brusqueness,
  • keenness,
  • discipline,
  • stringency,
  • acuteness,
  • crispness,
  • chilliness,
  • correctness,
  • bleakness,
  • intensity,
  • leanness,
  • sternness,
  • causticity,
  • preciseness,
  • matter-of-factness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • clamminess,
  • dampness,
  • dankness,
  • depression,
  • difficultness,
  • difficulty,
  • fogginess,
  • heaviness,
  • humidity,
  • humidness,
  • moistness,
  • mugginess,
  • sogginess,
  • sultriness,
  • vaporization,
  • wetness,
  • Dewiness,
  • Humectation,
  • Steaminess,
  • Sweatiness.

Antonyms for Oppressiveness:

• n.

  • humidity
    aridity, dryness.

Oppressiveness Sentence Examples:

• The oppressiveness of people who hold a great many things sacred, and cannot bear that they should be jested about, is very great.

• The day was warm and sunshiny, but the air was so clear and pure that the oppressiveness was much less than would have been the case in a more northern latitude.

Hypernym for Oppressiveness:

• n.

  • feeling
    weight.

Hyponym for Oppressiveness:

• n.

  • feeling
    depression.