oppressive

Adjective
  1. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit (synset 301193541)
    "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
    similar to: heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
  2. Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (synset 300792029)
    "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
    similar to: domineering - tending to domineer
    same as: tyrannical, tyrannous

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