10 Letter Words for Oppressive
oppressive
9 Letter Words for Oppressive
epispores
8 Letter Words for Oppressive
epispore, poperies, porpesse, preposes, pressive, previses, viperess
7 Letter Words for Oppressive
erosive, esprise, esprove, ivresse, oppress, peroses, perosis, poesies, poisers, popsies, porpess, prepose, pressie, prieves, prossie, reposes, revises, sippers, soirees, soppier, vespers, viroses
6 Letter Words for Oppressive
eposes, eprise, eroses, espier, espies, essive, opepes, osiers, peiser, pepsis, perses, persio, persis, perves, pipers, pisser, poesie, poesis, poiser, poises, popess, popsie, posers, posier, posies, posser, possie, preops, preses, prieve, proses, proves, psovie, reises, reives, repipe, repope, repose, repses, revies, revise, rieves, rivose, rosies, seisor, sepose, series, serose, serves, servos, severs, sevier, sevres, siever, sieves, sipers, sipper, sivers, soever, soiree, sopper, sorees, speers, speirs, speise, sperse, spiers, spires, spores, sprees, sprose, verses, versos, vesper, vipers, vireos, virose, visors
5 Letter Words for Oppressive
eppes, epris, erose, erses, evoes, ireos, isere, opepe, osier, overs, peeps, peers, pepos, pepsi, peres, peris, perps, perse, perve, pervs, pesos, piers, piper, pipes, pisos, poire, poise, popes, popie, pores, poser, poses, posse, prees, preop, preps, press, pries, priss, props, prose, pross, prove, reive, repos, repps, revie, rieve, ripes, ripps, rises, risps, rives, rivos, ropes, roses, roves, seeps, seers, seirs, seise, seres, serio, serve, servo, sever, sieve, siper, sipes, sires, sirop, siros, siver, soree, sores, sosie, speer, speir, speos, spier, spies, spire, spiro, spise, spivs, spore, spree, veeps, veers, vepse, verse, verso, viers, viper, vireo, vises, visor
4 Letter Words for Oppressive
eire, epop, epos, eres, erie, eris, eros, erse, eses, esop, esse, ever, eves, evoe, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, isos, opes, ores, oses, osse, over, ovis, peep, peer, pees, pepo, peps, pere, peri, perp, pers, perv, peso, pess, pier, pies, pipe, pips, pirs, pise, piso, piss, pois, pope, pops, pore, pose, poss, pree, prep, pres, prie, prio, priv, prop, pros, prov, psis, rees, repo, repp, reps, resp, reve, revs, ries, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, rive, rivo, roes, rope, ropp, rose, ross, rove, rsvp, seep, seer, sees, seir, seis, seor, seps, sere, sero, sers, serv, sese, seve, sier, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, soir, sope, sops, sore, sori, sovs, spie, spiv, spor, sris, veep, veer, vees, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vips, vise, viss, voes, vors
3 Letter Words for Oppressive
eer, eir, eos, epi, ere, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, eve, ios, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, iso, ive, oer, oes, oie, ois, ope, opp, ops, opv, ore, ors, ose, osi, pee, pep, per, pes, pie, pip, pir, pis, poi, pop, por, pos, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, pro, prp, prs, psi, ree, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rio, rip, riv, roe, roi, ros, rps, see, sei, sep, ser, sie, sip, sir, sis, sop, sov, spp, sps, sri, sse, ssp, vee, vei, ver, vie, vip, vis, voe, vor, vss
Definitions for Oppressive
[1] burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
[2] causing discomfort by being excessive, intense, elaborate, etc.: oppressive heat.
[3] distressing or grievous: oppressive sorrows.
[4] cruel, harsh, or tyrannical
[5] heavy, constricting, or depressing
Words related to Oppressive
onerous, overbearing, dictatorial, unjust, inhuman, cruel, brutal, depressing, burdensome, heavy-handed, tyrannical, harsh, stifling, torrid, muggy, sultry, backbreaking, bleak, confining, demanding
Words nearby Oppressive
opposition, oppositional disorder, oppositionist, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn, oppugnant, opr
Origin of Oppressive
1620–30; < Medieval Latin oppresīvus, equivalent to oppress(us ) (see oppress) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Oppressive
op·pres·sive·ly , adverb
op·pres·sive·ness , noun
non·op·pres·sive , adjective
non·op·pres·sive·ly , adverb
non·op·pres·sive·ness , noun
self-op·pres·sive , adjective
un·op·pres·sive , adjective
un·op·pres·sive·ly , adverb
un·op·pres·sive·ness , noun
Synonyms for Oppressive
brutal, burdensome, cruel, depressing, dictatorial, harsh, heavy-handed, inhuman, onerous, overbearing, tyrannical, unjust, backbreaking, bleak, confining, demanding, depressive, despotic, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding, headache, heavy, hefty, ironhanded, mean, rough going, severe, somber, superincumbent, taxing, tough, troublesome, weighty
