oppressiveness
noun[U]
uk/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/us/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/oppressivenessnoun[U](CRUELTY)
thequalityofcruellyorunfairlynotallowingpeoplethefreedomthey should have:
压迫They hadsurvivedthe oppressiveness ofapartheid.他们在种族隔离的压迫下幸存下来。
Theyfledthecountrytoescapebrutaloppressiveness.他们逃离这个国家以摆脱野蛮的压迫。
- Thelatestcasesillustratethesheeroppressiveness of alawwhich can be used topunishorevenruinanenemy.
- Hisfathertold him toreadSolzhenitsyn tobetterunderstandCommunism's oppressiveness.
- Theplaywrightevokedthesuffocationofindividualityand the oppressiveness ofdictatorship.
Ruling & governing
- administration
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throneidiom
- bipartisanship
- government-owned
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- governorate
- hard Brexitidiom
- oppression
- oppressive
- oppressively
- overgovern
- power-sharing
- repression
- subjugation
- super-government
- the politburo
- tinpot
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Systems of government
oppressivenessnoun[U](FEELING)
aqualitythat makespeoplefeelworriedoruncomfortable:
Myparentscame here toescapethe oppressiveness ofsmall-townlife.
Theoverallfeelingof thisroomwas ofdrainingoppressiveness andheaviness.
- Sheplaysasuburban1950shousewifestifledby the oppressiveness of her unfulfillingmarriage.
- We would neverpaintourhomein suchdepressingcolours, but for somereasonweacceptthis oppressiveness in theoffice,factoryorhospital.
- There is abroodingoppressiveness to thesilencethatinducesafeelingofunease.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- rattle
- roost
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness
- trigger
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
oppressivenessnoun[U](WEATHER)
thequalityinweatherof beinguncomfortablyhotwith nowind:
（天气）闷热，令人窒息At last aslightbreezebrokethe oppressiveness.最后，一阵微风吹来，打破了这种压迫感。
- It was awarm,stickyafternoonwithsufficientoppressiveness topromptthoughtsofsiesta.
- Ahotnightlayinbreathlessoppressiveness over thedarklandscape.
Hot & heat
- bake
- baking
- beat down
- boiling
- broiling
- fuggy
- glow
- heat haze
- heated
- heatwave
- oppressive
- piping hot
- red-hot
- scalding
- scorching
- sizzle
- stuffy
- swelter
- thermal
- white heat