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Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Tyrannize :: Tyrannize (v. t.) To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress..

Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

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

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe..

Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..

Ease :: Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Sultry :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.

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

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

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

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

Close :: Close (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc..

Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Pressive :: Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation..

Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

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