oppressive
part of speech
adjective (oppressive, more oppressive, most oppressive)
meaning for a pupil
1) Cruel and unfair, keeping people down and taking away their freedom: an oppressive ruler. tree →
2) Of weather: hot, heavy and airless, making you feel uncomfortable. tree →
3) Making you feel worried, sad or weighed down: an oppressive silence. tree →
sense in the lessons
History and citizenship: oppressive kings, laws and governments; people fighting for freedom. Science and geography: oppressive heat before a thunderstorm. Stories: an oppressive silence in the Wild Wood.
examples
- The people rose up against the oppressive king. tree →
- The heat was oppressive before the storm broke. tree →
- Mole felt the oppressive silence of the Wild Wood. tree →
- Slavery was an oppressive and cruel system. tree →
- The air in the attic was hot and oppressive. tree →
- An oppressive feeling of dread filled the room. tree →
- Here there was bitter cold and snow-storms, while in Spain there was burning sunshine and oppressive heat. tree →
note
Verb: oppress (to treat cruelly). Noun: oppression; person: oppressor. Double p, double s.
Trees and pragmatics
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