noun
1. unwelcome burdensome difficulty
• Syn: ↑burdensomeness, ↑heaviness, ↑onerousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑oppressive, ↑onerous (for: ↑onerousness), ↑heavy (for: ↑heaviness), ↑burdensome (for: ↑burdensomeness)
• Hypernyms: ↑difficulty, ↑difficultness
2. a feeling of being oppressed
• Syn: ↑oppression
• Derivationally related forms: ↑oppressive
• Hypernyms: ↑depression
• Hyponyms: ↑weight
Useful english dictionary. 2012.