Related Words for oppressive

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heavy
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Adjective, Adjective
domineering
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Adjective, Adjective
tyrannical
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Adjective, Adjective
repressive
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Adjective
dictatorial
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Adjective
overbearing
/x/x
Adjective
stifling
/x
Noun, Verb
unjust
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Adjective
oppression
x/x
Noun
totalitarian
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Adjective
draconian
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Adjective
restrictive
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Adjective
suffocating
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Adjective
autocratic
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Adjective
despotic
x/x
Adjective
stultifying
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Adjective
brutal
/x
Adjective
tyranny
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Noun
oppressing
x/x
Verb
authoritarian
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Adjective
coercive
x/x
Adjective
inhuman
x/x
Adjective
burdensome
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Adjective
inhumane
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Adjective
cruel
/x
Adjective
unbearable
x/xx
Adjective
exploitative
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Adjective
dehumanizing
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Adjective
intolerable
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Adjective
militaristic
xxx/x
Adjective
unfriendly
x/x
Adjective
odious
/xx
Adjective
patriarchal
xx/x
Adjective
pernicious
x/x
Adjective
undemocratic
xxx/x
Adjective
abusive
x/x
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective
onerous
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Adjective
violent
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Adjective
misogynistic
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Adjective
murderous
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Adjective
theocratic
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Adjective
inequitable
x/xxx
Adjective
merciless
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Adjective
imperialistic
xxxx/x
Adjective
communistic
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Adjective
iniquitous
x/xx
Adjective
torturous
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Adjective
archaic
x/x
Name
discriminatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
paternalistic
xxx/x
Adjective
unforgiving
xx/x
Adjective
destructive
x/x
Adjective
intrusive
x/x
Adjective
pervasive
x/x
Adjective
insidious
x/xx
Adjective
constrictive
x/x
Adjective
ungodly
x/x
Adjective
obnoxious
x/x
Adjective
exclusionary
x/xxx
Noun
barbaric
x/x
Adjective
noxious
/x
Adjective
malevolent
x/xx
Adjective
imperious
x/xx
Adjective
regressive
x/x
Adjective
anachronistic
xxx/x
Adjective
unrelenting
xx/x
Adjective
hypocritical
xx/xx
Adjective
repugnant
x/x
Adjective
capricious
x/x
Adjective
capitalistic
xxx/x
Adjective
unfair
x/
Adjective
abhorrent
x/x
Adjective
unhealthy
x/x
Adjective
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
suppressive
x/x
Adjective
dictatorship
x/xx
Noun
censorious
/x/x
Adjective
antidemocratic
xxxx/x
Adjective
pitiless
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Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
bigoted
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Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective
subversive
x/x
Adjective
gloomy
/x
Adjective
chauvinistic
xx/x
Adjective
antiquated
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Adjective
puritanical
xx/xx
Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective
illiberal
x/xx
Adjective
unsympathetic
xxx/x
Adjective
loathsome
/x
Adjective
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective
obstructive
x/x
Adjective
feudal
/x
Adjective
uncaring
x/x
Adjective
arbitrary
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Adjective
inhospitable
x/xxx
Adjective
tyrant
/x
Noun
hegemonic
xx/x
Adjective
claustrophobic
xx/x
Adjective
monopolistic
xxx/x
Adjective
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
rapacious
x/x
Adjective
menacing
/xx
Adjective
outmoded
x/x
Adjective
overpowering
/x/x
Adjective
ineffectual
xx/xx
Adjective
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
ridden
/x
Adjective
gruelling
/x
Adjective
frustrating
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Adjective
tortured
/x
Adjective
punishing
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Verb
trying
/x
Verb
intolerant
x/xx
Adjective
agonizing
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Adjective
tormenting
/xx
Adjective
harrowing
/xx
Noun
bothersome
/xx
Adjective
gainful
/x
Noun
grievous
/x
Adjective
painful
/x
Adjective
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
insufferable
x/xxx
Adjective
insupportable
xx/xx
Adjective
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
afflicted
x/x
Verb
annoying
x/x
Adjective
beleaguered
x/x
Adjective
troublesome
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Adjective
crippling
/xx
Noun
hard
/
Adjective
galling
/x
Adjective
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
anguished
/x
Adjective
maddening
/xx
Adjective
unwieldy
x/x
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
invidious
x/xx
Adjective
tragic
/x
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective
exactions
x/x
Noun
liberating
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Verb
patriarchy
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Noun
burthen
/x
Noun
narrowness
/xx
Noun
yoke
/
Noun
exhalations
xx/x
Noun
heat
/
Noun
alienating
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Verb
stillness
/x
Noun
regimes
x/
Noun
dominating
/xxx
Verb
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
blinding
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
bossy
/x
Noun, Adjective
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
constraint
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Noun
dazzling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
excessive
x/x
Adjective
ferocious
x/x
Adjective
humid
/x
Adjective
improper
x/x
Adjective, Verb
neocolonial
xxx/xx
Adjective
permissive
x/x
Adjective
pressing
/x
Adjective, Noun
punitive
/xx
Adjective
sweaty
/x
Adjective, Noun
undue
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Adjective
wanton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective