Oppressive
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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an
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Dominating harshly: Imposing a harsh or cruel form of domination.
Highly stressful: Exerting a worrying, troubling, or burdensome [pressure on] somebody.
[Stifling]: So hot and humid as to make people feel tired, irritable, or [sluggish].
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Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.
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cruel and unfair:
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Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group.
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