From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoppressiveop‧pres‧sive /əˈpresɪv/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjective1CONTROLpowerful, cruel, and unfairan oppressive military regime2HOTweather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of airthe oppressive heat of the afternoon3DIFFICULTa situation that is oppressive makes you unhappy, worried, or uncomfortablean oppressive silencean oppressive atmosphere —oppressively adverbExamples from the Corpusoppressive• Boundaries are most rigid, their outlineobvious and often oppressive.• His principles were narrow and his realization of them oppressive.• As the sunclimbed higher in the sky, the heat grew gradually more oppressive.• Summers in Houston can be oppressive.• The silence in the meeting was becoming oppressive.• The thesis is to show the tragicconsequences of parents who are oppressive and inflexible in their relationship with their children.• Karlin relates the oppressiveanti-Semitism his forebearsendured in a vague, almost ellipticalstyle with dips into the stream of consciousness.• He could think of nothing but the oppressivebulk in the seat next to him.• an oppressivedictatorship• They had all the evidence that a less oppressiveenvironment was not effective.• A poor, uneducated people do not have the will power or knowledge to challenge an oppressive government.• Despite the oppressive heat, more than 1,000 people came to the celebration.• New, oppressive laws were brought in to restrict the freedom of the press.• Identification with the community is even consistent with hostility to its laws, if those are thought to be oppressive or unfair.• The country is in the grip of an extremely oppressiveregime.oppressive heat• This shop is surely an outpost of hell, with its oppressive heat and denseclouds of smoke.• The oppressive heat and humidity make that smell stronger.• An opposite movement occurs with the elements of oppressive heat and smell on that same momentousfourth floor.• My first impression was of oppressive heat, but then I have spent my life mainly on the cool side of temperate.