oppressive Synonyms

tyrannical harsh tyrannous stringent stuffy suffocating overpowering sultry superincumbent suppressive sweaty sweltering swingeing stressful stifling sticky overwhelming painful parching penal peremptory ponderous punishing racking repressive sad severe steamy taxing thorny kafkaesque bloodsucking heavy-handed unventilated unbearable antidemocratic oppressively paternalistic prisonlike totalistic undemocratic backbreaking authoritarian unaired toilsome tough tropical troublesome trying tyrannic