oppressiveness

Definitions of oppressiveness
  1. noun
    a feeling of being oppressed
    synonyms: oppression
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    types:
    weight
    an oppressive feeling of heavy force
    type of:
    depression
    sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  2. noun
    unwelcome burdensome difficulty
    synonyms: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness
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    type of:
    difficultness, difficulty
    the quality of being difficult
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