OPPRESS'IVE, adjective
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe; as oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service.
2. Tyrannical; as an oppressive government.
3. Heavy; overpowering; overwhelming; as oppressive grief or woe.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.