OPPRESSIVENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unwelcome burdensome difficulty

Synonyms:

burdensomeness; heaviness; onerousness; oppressiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("oppressiveness" is a kind of...):

difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)

Derivation:

oppressive (weighing heavily on the senses or spirit)

Meaning:

A feeling of being oppressed

Synonyms:

oppression; oppressiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("oppressiveness" is a kind of...):

depression (sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oppressiveness"):

weight (an oppressive feeling of heavy force)

Derivation:

oppressive (marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior)