oppressive

Adjective

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
  • the oppressive government
    
  • oppressive laws
    
  • a tyrannical parent
    
  • tyrannous disregard of human rights
    

• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  • the atmosphere was oppressive
    
  • oppressive sorrows
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tyrannical , tyrannous