2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or
woe.
To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. Pope.
— Op*press"ive*ly, adv.
— Op*press"ive*ness, n.
OPPRESSOR
Op*press"or, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others;
one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak.
To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.
OPPRESSURE
Op*pres"sure, n.
Defn: Oppression. [Obs.]
OPPROBRIOUS
Op*pro"bri*ous, a. Etym: [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See
Opprobrium.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton.
— Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv.
— Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.
OPPROBRIUM Op*pro"bri*um, n. Etym: [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum reproach, disgrace.]