[いきぐるしい, ikigurushii] (adj-i) choking; oppressive; suffocating [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
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2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
commands.
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3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of
heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat
or humidity; an oppressive workload.
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To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- {Op*press"ive*ly}, adv. --
{Op*press"ive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oppressive
adj 1: weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere
was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn:
{oppressive}, {tyrannical}, {tyrannous}]
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