Hyphenation of oppressive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word oppressive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

op-pres-sive

Definitions of oppressive:

1.	Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit The atmosphere was oppressive Oppressive sorrows
2.	Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior The oppressive government Oppressive laws A tyrannical parent Tyrannous disregard of human rights

Synonyms of oppressive:

adj	heavy
adj	tyrannical, tyrannous, domineering

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.