Another word for oppressive

oppressive
modif.
Difficult to bear
burdensome, onerous, harsh, tyrannical; see autocratic 1, difficult 1, onerous, severe 2.
Weighing on the senses or spirits
suffocating, stifling, confining, depressing; see close 5, dismal 1. See syn. study at onerous.
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Another word for oppressive

Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:
arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See heavy
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"oppressive." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 08 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Oppressive>.
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oppressive. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Oppressive