oppressiveness

op·pres·sive  (-prsv)

adj.

1. Difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws.

2. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.

3. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit: oppressive weather. See Synonyms at burdensome.

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op·pressive·ly adv.

op·pressive·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oppressiveness - a feeling of being oppressed oppression depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy weight - an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
	2.	oppressiveness - unwelcome burdensome difficulty burdensomeness, onerousness, heaviness difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

Translations

oppressiveness

n

→ Unterdrückung f → (of durch); (of taxes) → (er)drückende Last

(fig) → bedrückende Atmosphäre; (of thought) → schwere Last; (of heat, climate) → Schwüle f