(of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time; "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms"
without accompaniment or companions; "the soloist sang unaccompanied"; "it had dramatic energy unaccompanied by an adequate sense of dramatic form"; "unaccompanied women were excluded"
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"
preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"