oppressive

Another oppressive night descended.

the offices present an oppressive atmosphere.

the oppressive tedium of routine tasks. amusement

the oppressive heat was making both men sweat.

oppressive weather.See Synonyms at burdensome

a heavy load); figuratively it applies to what is burdensome or oppressive to the spirit (

Arrive gravid and terminal, increscent uterus and fetal show an oppressive rectum first, also can cause defecate difficulty.

He has repealed some oppressive, colonial-era laws.

He saw the dominant narrative of the church's oppressive and harmful.

This, our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions.

This is the United States of America in the 21st century, not some oppressive patriarchal regime.

The U.S. must " lift all oppressive sanctions against Iran, " Raisi said.

Many of the countries in Europe were oppressive (or very controlling).

While the nation he constructed would be one many outsiders found oppressive.

Because the wardens people off the street, randomly divided were becoming so oppressive.

A prisoner who is actively planning his escape finds his confinement much less oppressive.

Of course, these connections are sometimes violent, sometimes oppressive, sometimes very difficult, sometimes very painful.