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oppressive

 adjective
     
op‧pres‧sive
1 powerful, cruel, and unfair:
an oppressive military regime
2 weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air:
the oppressive heat of the afternoon
3 a situation that is oppressive makes you unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable:
an oppressive silence
an oppressive atmosphere
—oppressively adverb
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