oppressiveness

the oppressiveness of the midday heat made it impossible to work outside.

employees complained about the oppressiveness of the new corporate regulations.

there was an undeniable oppressiveness to the silence in the abandoned house.

the novel captures the oppressiveness of life under a totalitarian regime.

she felt the oppressiveness of her debt weighing heavily on her shoulders.

the high humidity added to the oppressiveness of the summer afternoon.

the therapist helped him understand the oppressiveness of his childhood trauma.

many citizens resigned themselves to the oppressiveness of the bureaucracy.

the social oppressiveness of the small town drove the young artist away.

architects tried to reduce the visual oppressiveness of the massive concrete wall.

the sudden oppressiveness of the atmosphere signaled a coming thunderstorm.

he struggled against the oppressiveness of their unrealistic expectations.