(a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.

absolute absolutist absolutistic arbitrary aristocratic arrogant authoritarian authoritative autocratic bossy brutal choking constraining constrictive contrary counterproductive crosswise despotic dictatorial domineering exclusive feudal forbidding grinding high-handed hindering hindersome imperative imperial imperious in the way inhibiting inhibitive inhibitory interdictive interdictory interrupting interruptive lordly magisterial magistral masterful monocratic obstructing obstructive obstruent occlusive oppressive overbearing overruling peremptory preclusive preventive prohibiting prohibitive prohibitory proscriptive restraining restrictive severe stifling strangling strict stultifying suppressive totalitarian troublesome tyrannical tyrannous