oppressive

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Adjective oppressive has 2 senses

oppressive - weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
Antonym: light (indirect, via heavy)
oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)

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