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Gripingly :: Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner.

Tyrannize :: Tyrannize (v. i.) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices..

High-handed :: High-handed (a.) Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act..

Sweatily :: Sweater (n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To ravish; to violate.

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands..

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..

Rod :: Rod (n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression..

Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..

Swelter :: Swelter (v. t.) To oppress with heat.

Squeezing :: Squeezing (n.) The act of pressing; compression; oppression.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..

Publican :: Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation..

Solano :: Solano () A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain..

Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

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