Oppressiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of being oppressed

unwelcome burdensome difficulty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əpɹˈɛsɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/əpɹˈɛsɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əpɹˈɛsɪvnəs/

5 syllables Say it as /əpɹˈɛsɪvnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

oppression burdensomeness onerousness heaviness

Word Forms

oppressive	adjective	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
burdensome	adjective	not easily borne; wearing
heavy	adjective	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
onerous	adjective	not easily borne; wearing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unterdrückung

ein Gefühl der Unterdrückung

🇫🇷French

oppression

un sentiment d'être opprimé

🇪🇸Spanish

atmósfera onerosa

un sentimiento de estar oprimido

🇮🇹Italian

oppressività

una sensazione di essere oppresso

🇳🇱Dutch

onderdrukking

een gevoel van onderdrukt worden

🇵🇹Portuguese

opressão

uma sensação de ser oprimido

🇷🇺Russian

угнетение

ощущение угнетения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दमनकारीपन

उत्पीड़ित होने की भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

নিপীড়ন

নিপীড়িত হওয়ার অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

அடக்குமுறை

ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

అణచివేత

అణచివేతకు గురైన భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

दडपशाही

अत्याचार झाल्याची भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

જુલમ

દમનની લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆಯ

ತುಳಿತಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾದ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിച്ചമർത്തൽ

അടിച്ചമർത്തപ്പെട്ട ഒരു തോന്നൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜ਼ੁਲਮ

ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਣ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جبر

مظلوم ہونے کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

压迫性

一种被压迫的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

圧迫感

抑圧されているような感覚

🇰🇷Korean

억압

억압받는 느낌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự áp bức

cảm giác bị áp bức

🇹🇭Thai

ความกดดัน

ความรู้สึกของการถูกกดขี่

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesesakan

perasaan tertindas

🇵🇭Filipino

pang-aapi

pakiramdam ng inaapi

🇲🇾Malay

penindasan

rasa tertindas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القمع

الشعور بالاضطهاد

🇮🇷Persian

ظلم و ستم

احساس سرکوب شدن

🇹🇷Turkish

baskıcılık

baskı altında olma hissi

🇮🇱Hebrew

דיכוי

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