oppressive

adjectives

weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

"the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

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marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

"a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"

marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

"the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous

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