Available Definitions:
1) a. - Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
2) a. - Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
3) a. - Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.