Cruel et exerçant un contrôle dur sur les gens.
Cruel and controlling toward people.
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See how the word “Oppressif” is used in sentences
Ils vivaient sous une loi oppressive. — They lived under an oppressive law.
La chaleur était étouffante dès midi. — The heat was oppressive by noon.
Les anciennes règles étaient oppressives pour les ouvriers. — The old rules were oppressive to workers.
Nous sommes entrés dans une pièce étouffante, sans air. — We stepped into an oppressive, airless room.
La nouvelle direction est-elle aussi oppressive que la précédente ? — Is the new management as oppressive as the last?
L'air te semble-t-il étouffant avant l'orage ? — Does the air feel oppressive before a storm?
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