Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Oppressive

Oppressive , adjective

[Compare French oppressif.]

1.
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. — Macaulay
2.
Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
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.
To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. — Pope