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| | oppressive | (อะเพรส'ซิฟว) adj. เป็นการกดขี่, ซึ่งทำให้ลำบากใจ, ซึ่งทำให้เป็นทุกข์หนักอึ้ง., See also: oppressiveness n., Syn. tyrannical |
| | oppressive | (adj) กดขี่, เป็นภาระ, หนักใจ, อึดอัดใจ, ลำบากใจ |
| | กดขี่ | [kotkhī] (v) EN: oppress ; tyrannize ; be oppressive ; browbeat ; persecute ; depress FR: persécuter ; tyranniser |
| | | | | oppressive | (adj) weighing heavily on the senses or spirit, Example: the atmosphere was oppressive; oppressive sorrows | | oppressive | (adj) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior, Syn. tyrannical, tyrannous, Example: the oppressive government; oppressive laws; a tyrannical parent; tyrannous disregard of human rights | | oppressively | (adv) in a heavy and oppressive way, Example: it was oppressively hot in the office |
| | Oppressive | a. [ Cf. F. oppressif. ] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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