oppressiveness
壓迫;沈重
Op·press·ive a.
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat or humidity; an oppressive workload.
To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
-- Op*press*ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press*ive*ness, n.
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oppressiveness
n 1: a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression]
2: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, onerousness]