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

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..

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

Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..

Sum :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air..

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..

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

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

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

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

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

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

Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

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

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

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment..

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..

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..

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

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..

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