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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: oppressiveness (0.00781 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to oppressiveness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oppressiveness oppressiveness n 1: a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression] 2: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, onerousness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oppressiveness 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, oppressive authority or commands. [1913 Webster] 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat or humidity; an oppressive workload. [1913 Webster +PJC] To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oppressiveness oppressiveness n 1: a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression] 2: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, onerousness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oppressiveness 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, oppressive authority or commands. [1913 Webster] 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat or humidity; an oppressive workload. [1913 Webster +PJC] To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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