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Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..

Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Publican :: Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation..

Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..

Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..

Tyrannize :: Tyrannize (v. i.) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices..

Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..

Sultry :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts..

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc..

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..

Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.

Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..

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