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

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

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

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

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

Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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