Agobiante in english
Oppressive
pronunciation: əpresɪv part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: əpresɪv part of speech: adjective
In gestures
agobiante = oppressive ; overpowering ; stifling ; suffocating ; sultry ; crippling ; gut-wrenching ; nightmarish ; sweltering.
Example: Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.Example: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Example: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Example: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Example: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Example: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Example: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Example: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.Example: Her silver britches gleamed in the sweltering Saturday afternoon sun.more:
» calor agobiante = oppressive heat ; stifling heat ; torrid heat .
Example: One challenging thing was that the summer was too hot and I felt enervated by the oppressive heat. Example: The stifling heat and the unsteadiness of the ship made him disinclined to do anything but sit in the lounge or under the awning on the shady side of the deck. Example: At times during the summer, residents across Ontario and southern Quebec either enjoyed or endured bouts of torrid heat and insufferable humidity.» hacer una calor agobiante = be stifling hot .
Example: Despite the air-conditioning, the room was stifling hot and my thoughts felt sluggish - of course that might have been the fear.