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Oppressive

Meaning of Oppressive in Spanish :

oppressive

opresivo

ADJ

Synonyms: oppressively

You mean an oppressive environment. Quieres decir un ambiente opresivo.
This heat really is most oppressive. Este calor realmente es de lo más opresivo.
The air was oppressive. El aire era opresivo.
There was an oppressive silence in the room. Se produjo un silencio opresivo en la habitación.
And again there was that oppressive silence. Y de nuevo hubo ese silencio opresivo.

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oprimente

ADJ

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, pushy, crippling, overbearing, burdensome, stifling

... has a moral certainty that's so oppressive. ... tiene una certeza moral que es tan agobiante.
It was an oppressive day, and, after Fue un día agobiante, y, después de
It was so oppressive that even the thought of the ... Era tan agobiante que ni siquiera el pensamiento de la ...
It was an oppressive day, and, after ... Fue un día agobiante, y, después de la ...

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sofocante

ADJ

Synonyms: suffocating, stifling, sweltering, sultry, stuffy, smothery

The scirocco is oppressive. El siroco es sofocante.
The scirocco is oppressive. El siroco es muy sofocante.
... a yet another visit - welcomed by an oppressive heat. ... una nueva visita con un calor sofocante.

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in English

1. Oppressively

oppressively

opresivamente

ADV

shiny hat and oppressively respectable sombrero brillante y respetable opresivamente
... it was as if, oppressively ... era como si, opresivamente

2. Overwhelming

overwhelming

abrumadora

ADJ

Synonyms: overpowering, daunting, overwhelmingly

I know such an offer must be overwhelming. Sé que tal oferta debe ser abrumadora.
Not if engaged with overwhelming force. No si está amenazado con fuerza abrumadora.
Her compassion for that animal is overwhelming to witness. Su compasión por ese animal es abrumadora solo de verlo.
It seemed an overwhelming calamity. Me pareció una calamidad abrumadora.
The security will be overwhelming. La seguridad será abrumadora.
The evidence was overwhelming. La evidencia era abrumadora.

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II)

aplastante

ADJ

Synonyms: crushing, landslide, crushable, smashing

An overwhelming majority of governments as well ... Una aplastante mayoría de gobiernos y de ...
If anyone could apply overwhelming force, he's your man ... Si alguien puede aplicar fuerza aplastante, es tu hombre ...
Was it the overwhelming manpower? Fue la aplastante mano de obra?
... the fear, my most overwhelming sensation was one of betrayal ... ... del miedo, la sensación más aplastante fue la de traición ...
though overwhelming majority of history history aunque la mayoría aplastante de la historia de la historia
As a result of the overwhelming victory achieved in these ... Como resultado de la aplastante victoria lograda en estos ...

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III)

sobrecogedor

ADJ

Synonyms: daunting, startling

I know this must seem overwhelming. Sé que esto puede ser sobrecogedor.
... more complex in the overwhelming sea of information. ... mas complicada en el sobrecogedor mar de informacion.
It's really overwhelming to me. Es algo realmente sobrecogedor.
it seemed a bit overwhelming, parecía un poco sobrecogedor,
... they believe, is overwhelming, unrelenting trauma, stress. ... creen, es un sobrecogedor e incesante trauma, stress.
... feeling of anticipation was overwhelming. ... sentimiento de anticipación era sobrecogedor.

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IV)

arrolladora

ADJ

Synonyms: landslide

His overwhelming personality radiated an aura of grayness - not ... Su personalidad arrolladora irradiaba un aura de gris - ...
".compulsion was overwhelming." ".la atracción era arrolladora."

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: cramped, pushy, oppressive, crippling, overbearing, burdensome, stifling

I know this is overwhelming. Ya se que esto es agobiante.
This place is overwhelming. Este lugar es agobiante.
... that the task is overwhelming ... de que la tarea es agobiante
... that the task is overwhelming ... de que la tarea es agobiante
... , it's a bit overwhelming. ... , es un poco agobiante.

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VI)

insoportable

ADJ

Synonyms: unbearable, insufferable, excruciating, intolerable, unendurable, obnoxious

Now it's gotten overwhelming. Se está poniendo insoportable.
It's overwhelming, really, and ... Es insoportable, la verdad, y ...
... warned me it could be a bit overwhelming. ... me advirtió que podría ser insoportable.
... like this can seem overwhelming. ... como esta puede parecer insoportable.

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VII)

inmensa

ADJ

Synonyms: immense, vast, huge

The overwhelming majority of pesticides used ... La inmensa mayoría de los plaguicidas que se utilizan ...
The overwhelming majority of them do not support these ... La inmensa mayoría no apoya estas ...
The overwhelming majority of mineworkers are ... La inmensa mayoría de los mineros son ...
throughout the overwhelming majority of the movie a lo largo de la inmensa mayoría de la película
for the overwhelming majority of people para la inmensa mayoría de las personas
overwhelming majority of those say inmensa mayoría de los que dicen

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VIII)

irresistible

ADJ

Synonyms: irresistible, compelling, overpowering, resistless, irresistibly

I know such an offer must be overwhelming. Sé que tal oferta debe ser irresistible.
But it can be overwhelming too. Pero puede ser irresistible también.
... times like this, the desire can be almost overwhelming. ... momentos como éste, el deseo puede resultar casi irresistible.
It's not exactly an overwhelming amount. No es exactamente una cantidad irresistible.
... foodies and onlookers for an overwhelming afternoon of pure entertainment. ... golosos y curiosos para una tarde irresistible de pura diversión.

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IX)

contundente

ADJ

Synonyms: blunt, forceful, hitting, resounding, convincing, emphatic, decisive

There is overwhelming evidence that increasing the price of ... Existe evidencia contundente que al aumentar el precio de los ...
I had overwhelming evidence that you were a ... Tenia evidencia contundente de que eras la ...
Overwhelming proof that someone got ... Prueba contundente de que alguien recibió ...
The priest, who was overwhelming the deaf man with gestures ... El sacerdote, que fue contundente al sordo con gestos ...
... we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science ... podemos optar por creer en el juicio contundente de la ciencia
... we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science ... podemos optar por creer en el juicio contundente de la ciencia

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3. Cramped

cramped

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, pushy, oppressive, crippling, overbearing, burdensome, stifling

II)

estrecho

ADJ

Synonyms: narrow, strait, tight, narrowly

I thought this place was cramped, let's see what ... Creía que este lugar era estrecho, veamos cómo es ...
Suppose she grew so tired and cramped that Supongo que llegó a ser tan cansado y estrecho que
and then you could you could dine in cramped don't count y entonces usted puede usted puede cenar en estrecho no cuentan
too cramped to allow the carrying of coal for boilers. demasiado estrecho para permitir el transporte de carbón para calderas.
Again, very cramped. De nuevo, muy estrecho.

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III)

encogido

ADJ

Synonyms: shrunk, shrunken, cowering, shrugged

IV)

apretado

ADJ

Synonyms: tight, tightened, squeezed, pinched, squeeze, tightly, snug

Your fiancé will find it cramped. A su prometido le parecerá apretado.
and feel all cramped up. y sentir todo apretado arriba.
It's a bit cramped in here, but no matter ... Esto está un poco apretado, pero no importa ...
It feels cramped to dance in the crowd se siente apretado bailar entre la multitud.
... they give hockey fans it's cramped ... dan los aficionados al hockey está apretado

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hacinamiento

ADJ

Synonyms: overcrowding, crowding, overcrowded

Especially after 12-hour plane rides in cramped quarters. Especialmente después de 12 horas de vuelo en hacinamiento.
Cramped in all kinds of ... Hacinamiento en todo tipo de ...
cramped flat as in the ... hacinamiento plana como en los ...
... state legislature prosecutors groups cramped ... fiscales estatales legislatura grupos de hacinamiento
... to be a missus cramped ... que seas una señora de hacinamiento

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VI)

abarrotadas

ADJ

Synonyms: crowded, overcrowded, cluttered

... on the farm, not in cramped factories. ... en la granja y no en fábricas abarrotadas.

VII)

obstaculizan

VERB

Synonyms: hinder, hamper, impede

VIII)

metan

VERB

Synonyms: get, mess, shove

4. Pushy

pushy

insistente

ADJ

Synonyms: insistent, insisting

My therapist is kind of pushy. Mi terapeuta es una especie de insistente.
A forced search, a pushy investigation; Una búsqueda forzosa, una investigación insistente.
Don't be too pushy. No seas tan insistente.
Don't be so pushy. No sea tan insistente.
I've been too pushy. He sido muy insistente.

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II)

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, oppressive, crippling, overbearing, burdensome, stifling

He's a very pushy man. Es un hombre muy agobiante.

III)

prepotente

ADJ

Synonyms: arrogant, overbearing

Don't be so pushy. No seas tan prepotente.
She's pushy and opinionated. Es prepotente y tozuda.
Don't be pushy, OK? No seas prepotente,vale?

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IV)

agresivo

ADJ

Synonyms: aggressive, aggressively

... , it's a pushy ghost. ... , es un fantasma agresivo.

mandona

ADJ

Synonyms: bossy

Kind of pushy, aren't you? Un poco mandona, ¿no?
How about "pushy" and "demanding"? ¿Qué tal "mandona" y "exigente"?

5. Crippling

crippling

paralizante

ADJ

Synonyms: paralyzing, paralytic, stun

Side effects include crippling arthritis. Efectos secundarios incluyen artritis paralizante.
worry brings fear and fear is crippling preocupación se trae el miedo y el miedo es paralizante
improperly crippling was on the phone from amber mal paralizante estaba al teléfono de ámbar
and defied the major cause of crippling infantile paralysis y desafió la principal causa de la parálisis infantil paralizante
The crippling stones of the pavement, with Las piedras paralizante de la acera, con

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II)

paralizando

VERB

Synonyms: paralyzing, shutting down

struck one of the hounds, crippling him. golpeó a uno de los perros, paralizando él.
You're crippling my network. Estas paralizando mi red.
... more than empty words, crippling that institution's ... más que palabras vacías, paralizando de esa institución
... take a was something very crippling on around them and ... ... a echar un algo muy paralizando a su alrededor y ...

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III)

invalidante

ADJ

Synonyms: disabling

IV)

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, pushy, oppressive, overbearing, burdensome, stifling

... of a grave and crippling problem that until now ... ... de un problema grave y agobiante, que, hasta ahora ...
... long and living under crippling ... tiempo y que viven bajo la agobiante
crippling vaibhav something like thank you for ... algo agobiante vaibhav como gracias por ...

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lisiar

VERB

Synonyms: cripple

VI)

incapacitante

ADJ

Synonyms: disabling, incapacitating

VII)

atroz

ADJ

Synonyms: atrocious, heinous, appalling, dreadful, egregious, excruciating

Walking off a crippling hangover. Caminaba para aliviar una resaca atroz.
fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms. incendios y la sequía atroz y más potente las tormentas.
... because it's the most crippling emotion ... porque es la emoción más atroz

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VIII)

catastróficas

ADJ

Synonyms: catastrophic, disastrous

of even more crippling sanctions. de las sanciones aún más catastróficas.
... someone want to create a web of crippling anomalies? ... alguien querría crear una red de catastróficas anomalías?
... would someone want to create a web of crippling anomalies? ... querría alguien crear una red de catastróficas anomalías?

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6. Overbearing

overbearing

prepotente

ADJ

Synonyms: arrogant, pushy

taught me to be selfish and overbearing; me enseñaron a ser egoísta y prepotente;

II)

autoritario

ADJ

Synonyms: authoritarian, bossy, authoritarianism, masterful

Worried she's got an overbearing dad, and. Preocupado de que ella tiene un padre autoritario, y .
Well, you want confident, but not overbearing. Quieres mostrarte confidente pero no autoritario.
... that papa was the most overbearing man in the world. ... que papá era el hombre más autoritario del mundo.
masterful man, overbearing, emphatic, sentimental, noisy, ... hombre dominante, autoritario, contundente, sentimental, ruidoso, ...

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III)

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, pushy, oppressive, crippling, burdensome, stifling

IV)

despótica

ADJ

Synonyms: despotic

dominante

ADJ

Synonyms: dominant, key, dominating, ruling, prevailing, mainstream, pervasive

I am a bit overbearing at times. A veces soy un poco dominante.
Your father was overbearing, your mother ignored you. Tu padre era muy dominante y tu madre te ignoraba.
overbearing authority of his, been ... autoridad dominante de él, se ...
overbearing grimness was owing to the severidad dominante se debió a la
and intrigued in an overbearing, offhand e intrigado en una improvisada dominante,

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VI)

arrogante

ADJ

Synonyms: arrogant, cocky, haughty, arrogantly, supercilious, swaggering

He may be a bit overbearing, but bills Él puede ser un poco arrogante, pero las facturas
overbearing insult, she stuck to him, and believed ... arrogante insulto, ella pegada a él, y creía ...
and whose temper was so overbearing, that he could not ... y cuyo carácter era tan arrogante, que no podía ...
... and turned on her in an overbearing way: ... y se volvió hacia ella de una manera arrogante:
... to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed ... para ver cómo de manera arrogante que el detective había cambiado

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7. Burdensome

burdensome

gravosos

ADJ

... it would be necessary to terminate burdensome contracts. ... sería necesario rescindir los contratos gravosos.

II)

onerosa

ADJ

Synonyms: onerous, onerously

is to restructure its frivolous and burdensome legal affairs es reestructurar sus asuntos legales frívolos y onerosa

III)

agobiante

ADJ

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, pushy, oppressive, crippling, overbearing, stifling

It would be burdensome too if she was too straightforward. También sería agobiante si ella fuera demasiado franca.
It's actually burdensome. De hecho es agobiante.
... underworld is long, burdensome. ... Inframundo sea largo, agobiante.

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IV)

engorrosa

ADJ

Synonyms: cumbersome

8. Stifling

stifling

sofocante

VERB

Synonyms: suffocating, sweltering, sultry, stuffy, oppressive, smothery

The room was stifling. La habitación era sofocante.
It is stifling of innovation. Es una innovación sofocante.
His helmet is stifling. Su casco es sofocante.
Losing sight of her future, it's stifling. Perder de vista su futuro, es sofocante.
... of two mornings was stifling him. ... de dos mañanas se le sofocante.

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II)

asfixiante

VERB

Synonyms: suffocating, choking, asphyxiating, asphyxiant, smothering

All this stifling respectability. Toda esa asfixiante respetabilidad.
back into the stifling inertia of the hotel routine. de nuevo en la inercia de la rutina asfixiante hotel.
... live with an artist, it's stifling. ... vivir con un artista, es asfixiante.
... of the breathless atmosphere was stifling. ... de la atmósfera era asfixiante aliento.
It's stifling, isn't it? Es asfixiante, ¿no crees?

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III)

agobiante

VERB

Synonyms: overwhelming, cramped, pushy, oppressive, crippling, overbearing, burdensome

It can be a bit stifling though. Es sólo que es un poco agobiante.
It can be a bit stifling though. Es sóIo que es un poco agobiante.
It's stifling in here. Es agobiante aquí adentro.
the history I trace, the stifling secret. he reconstruido la historia y el agobiante secreto.

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IV)

ahogando

VERB

Synonyms: drowning, choking, suffocating

... heard him lying awake at night, stifling sighs for Angel ... le oía despierto por la noche, ahogando suspiros de ángel

9. Suffocating

suffocating

sofocante

VERB

Synonyms: stifling, sweltering, sultry, stuffy, oppressive, smothery

The heat is suffocating. El calor es sofocante.
Exile is better than in prison suffocating prison. El exilio es mejor que la prisión sofocante prisión.
I am seized by a suffocating nightmare. Fuí preso de una pesadilla sofocante.
It was suffocating, and my chest ... Era algo sofocante, y mi pecho ...
... everyone away with my suffocating need for control. ... todos a un lado por mi sofocante necesidad de control.

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II)

asfixia

VERB

Synonyms: asphyxia, choking, suffocation, smothers, stifling, asphyxiating

... last she awoke from the suffocating ... fin se despertó de la asfixia
... not being able to breathe (suffocating) under water. ... no poder respirar (asfixia) debajo del agua.

III)

asfixiándose

VERB

Synonyms: choking

that nobody helps, he was slowly suffocating. a quien nadie ayudaba, iba asfixiándose lentamente.
that nobody helps, he was slowly suffocating. a quien nadie ayudaba, iba asfixiándose lentamente.
Are you someone who enjoys suffocating? ¿Eres alguien que disfruta asfixiándose?

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IV)

ahogando

VERB

Synonyms: drowning, choking, stifling

They may be suffocating. Quizá se esté ahogando.
who was suffocating with excess of woe, and sank ... que estaba ahogando con exceso de dolor, y cayó ...
You're suffocating me! Me estás ahogando!

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10. Sultry

sultry

bochornosa

ADJ

Synonyms: embarrassing, shameful

The night was sultry. "La noche era bochornosa".

II)

sensual

ADJ

Synonyms: sensual, sexy, sensually

The night was as sultry as the day. La noche era tan sensual como el día.
the sultry morning, as if for his life, Por la mañana sensual, como si por su vida,
It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine ... Fue un día cercano, sensual: carente de sol ...
... of elaborate benevolence, sultry enough to tempt flies ... ... de benevolencia elaborada, sensual como para tentar a las moscas ...
... , and in the sultry twilight the faces of her ... ... , y en el crepúsculo sensual los rostros de sus ...

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III)

sofocante

ADJ

Synonyms: suffocating, stifling, sweltering, stuffy, oppressive, smothery

The night was so very sultry, that although La noche era tan sofocante, que, aunque
With the coming of the sultry heat of summer, the ... Con la llegada del calor sofocante del verano, los ...
... roads ran, on the sultry morning, as if for ... ... carreteras corrió, en la mañana sofocante, como si por ...
calm, a sultry heat, and that ... calma, un calor sofocante, y que la ...
... were able to leave the sultry and unhealthy ... fueron capaces de salir de la sofocante y malsana

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IV)

seductora

ADJ

Synonyms: seductive, alluring, seductress, beguiling, enticing

... just want to hear my sultry voice. ... sólo querías escuchar mi voz seductora?
... smile, so broad and sultry, that, had ... ... sonrisa, tan amplia y seductora, que, de haber ...

11. Stuffy

stuffy

congestión

ADJ

Synonyms: congestion, stuffiness, congested, engorgement

A stuffy nose is usually caused ... La congestión nasal usualmente es causada ...
... only way to relieve a stuffy or runny nose. ... única forma de aliviar una congestión o un goteo nasal.
... can help relieve a stuffy nose. ... pueden ayudar a aliviar la congestión nasal.
... you medicine to relieve the stuffy nose. ... medicamentos para aliviar la congestión nasal.
taken below and locked in a stuffy cabin. tomar a continuación y encerrado en una cabina de congestión.

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II)

tapada

ADJ

Synonyms: covered, plugged, obscured, capped, clogged

Come on, stuffy head. Vamos, cabeza tapada.
that make the house smell stuffy. que hacen que el olor de la casa tapada.
In her stuffy room at the hotel to ... En su habitación tapada en el hotel al ...
It was a small, stuffy, defunct room, of ... Era una pequeña habitación tapada, difunto, de ...
... rather indiscriminately to some stuffy ... no indiscriminadamente a algunos tapada

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III)

tupida

ADJ

Synonyms: dense, bushy

IV)

cargada

ADJ

Synonyms: loaded, charged, laden, weighted, fraught, debited

sofocante

ADJ

Synonyms: suffocating, stifling, sweltering, sultry, oppressive, smothery

It may be stuffy in here. Este lugar es sofocante.
... out the window and it is stuffy. ... a través de la ventana y es sofocante.
It may be stuffy and provincial, but it also happens ... Puede que sea sofocante, pero también es ...
... standing here itself gets a bit stuffy. ... estar aquí parada se vuelve sofocante.
It's really stuffy in here. Está realidad sofocante por aquí

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VI)

estirado

ADJ

Synonyms: stretched, stiff, snobby, strained, snooty, outstretched

Wealthy but not stuffy. Rico, pero no estirado.
Be solemn, but not stuffy. Sé solemne, pero no estirado.
You're not stuffy. No es un estirado.
... you couldn't have gotten that stuffy in just four years. ... no puedes haberte vuelto tan estirado en sólo 4 años.
He's this stuffy economist, you know? Él es este economista estirado, ¿sabes?

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VII)

viciado

ADJ

Synonyms: flawed, stale, vitiated

It's getting a bit stuffy Se está volviendo un poco viciado.

VIII)

pomposo

ADJ

Synonyms: pompous

A bit stuffy for my taste. Es demasiado pomposo, para mi gusto.
That sounds stuffy, and he's not. Esto suena pomposo, pero él no lo es.
This is a stuffy, snobbish town. Este pueblo es pomposo y lleno de esnobs.

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Oppressive

Meaning of Oppressive in Spanish :

oppressive

opresivo

oprimente

agobiante

sofocante

More meaning of Oppressive

oppressively

opresivamente

overwhelming

abrumadora

aplastante

sobrecogedor

arrolladora

agobiante

insoportable

inmensa

irresistible

contundente

cramped

agobiante

estrecho

encogido

apretado

hacinamiento

abarrotadas

obstaculizan

metan

pushy

insistente

agobiante

prepotente

agresivo

mandona

crippling

paralizante

paralizando

invalidante

agobiante

lisiar

incapacitante

atroz

catastróficas

overbearing

prepotente

autoritario

agobiante

despótica

dominante

arrogante

burdensome

gravosos

onerosa

agobiante

engorrosa

stifling

sofocante

asfixiante

agobiante

ahogando

suffocating

sofocante

asfixia

asfixiándose

ahogando

sultry

bochornosa

sensual

sofocante

seductora

stuffy

congestión

tapada

tupida

cargada

sofocante

estirado

viciado