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1 oppressive
кабальний, обтяжливий (про податок, фінансове зобов'язання тощо); який пригноблює, деспотичний, репресивний- oppressive device
- oppressive domination
- oppressive legislation
- oppressive measures
- oppressive question
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2 oppressive
adj жорстокий, деспотичний- oppressive rule деспотичне правління- oppressive system of taxation жорстка податкова система -
3 oppressive
adj1) жорстокий, деспотичний2) гнітючий, пригноблюючий; обтяжливий* * *a1) жорстокий, деспотичний2) гнітючий; тяжкий -
4 oppressive
[ə'presɪv]adj1) гнітю́чий; пригно́бливий; обтя́жливий2) деспоти́чнийoppressive legislation — жорсто́кі зако́ни
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5 oppressive contract
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6 oppressive device
механізм пригнічення, механізм тиранії; механізм деспотичного правління -
7 oppressive domination
жорсткий гніт, деспотія -
8 oppressive legislation
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9 oppressive measures
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10 oppressive question
(за)питання, що деморалізує допитуваного -
11 oppressive tax
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12 oppressive
a1) жорстокий, деспотичний2) гнітючий; тяжкий
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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. [1913 Webster] 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oppressive — [adj1] overwhelming, repressive backbreaking*, bleak, brutal, burdensome, confining, cruel, demanding, depressing, depressive, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding … New thesaurus
oppressive — I adjective afflictive, arduous, burdensome, confining, cruel, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, depressing, detrimental, devouring, difficult, difficult to bear, distressing, engulfing, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, galling,… … Law dictionary
oppressive act — index ground Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
oppressive exaction — index blackmail, coercion, extortion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
oppressive taskmaster — index dictator Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
oppressive — (adj.) 1641, from M.L. oppressivus, from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness … Etymology dictionary
oppressive — *onerous, burdensome, exacting Analogous words: extorting or extortionate, extracting (see corresponding verbs at EDUCE): compelling or compulsory, coercing or coercion, constraining, obliging or obligatory (see corresponding verbs at FORCE):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oppressive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) harsh and authoritarian. 2) weighing heavily on the mind or spirits. 3) (of weather) close and sultry. DERIVATIVES oppressively adverb oppressiveness noun … English terms dictionary
oppressive — [ə pres′iv] adj. [ME oppressivus < L oppressus: see OPPRESS] 1. hard to put up with; causing great discomfort or fatigue 2. cruelly overbearing; tyrannical 3. weighing heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses; distressing SYN. ONEROUS… … English World dictionary
oppressive — [[t]əpre̱sɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace. ...refugees from the oppressive regime … English dictionary