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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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