Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OP-PRESS'IVE
OP-PRESS'IVE, a.
- Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service.
- Tyrannical; as, an oppressive government.
- Heavy; overpowering; overwhelming; as, oppressive grief or woe.
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