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Noun
▲
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
suppression
brutality
cruelty
persecution
repression
subjugation
tyranny
authoritarianism
despotism
maltreatment
ruthlessness
subjection
suffering
abuse
abusiveness
harshness
injustice
torment
control
domination
enslavement
exploitation
harassment
hardship
injury
misery
pain
severity
anguish
autocracy
calamity
coercion
compulsion
conquering
dictatorship
fascism
force
forcibleness
subduing
hardness
ill-treatment
iron hand
martial law
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“A ruthless dictator can end up leading a region into war, terrorism, and oppression on a global scale.”
Noun
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Mental pressure or distress
distress
desolation
dreariness
dispiritedness
depression
despondency
gloominess
melancholy
sadness
sorrowfulness
despondence
disconsolateness
dolefulness
forlornness
gloom
glumness
joylessness
miserableness
mournfulness
dejection
downheartedness
heartsickness
unhappiness
wretchedness
mental pressure
the blues
the dumps
the mopes
blue devils
doldrums
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“Their enclosed spaces offer shelter and protection without any sense of oppression.”
Noun
▲
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
intimidation
coercion
pressure
harassment
bullying
pressurisationUK
pressurizationUS
threats
terrorization
menacing
browbeating
harrying
threatening
hounding
extortion
scaring
terrifying
tyrannization
subduing
railroading
steamrollering
pressuring
pressurisingUK
pressurizingUS
unnerving
cowing
daunting
frightening
menaces
persecution
plaguing
terrorisingUK
terrorizingUS
tormenting
bulldozing
demoralisingUK
demoralizingUS
fear
arm-twisting
scare tactics
strong-arm tactics
cyberbullying
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave
enslavement
bondage
servitude
subjugation
thrall
vassalage
yoke
thralldom
subjection
slavery
serfdom
servility
thraldom
helotry
domination
suppression
bonds
chains
fetters
tyranny
exploitation
persecution
shackles
duress
obedience
enthralment
helotism
forced labour
repression
peonage
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Noun
▲
An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object
attack
assault
bashing
beating
violence
aggression
harm
punching
abuse
offenceUK
offenseUS
assaulting
impugnment
jumping
knocking
vilification
whacking
buffeting
flogging
mauling
pasting
slugging
violation
whipping
battery
belting
boxing
lashing
thumping
thwacking
totallingUK
totalingUS
battering
drubbing
hammering
mugging
rout
bludgeoning
denigration
pelting
plastering
slapping
walloping
cuffing
kicking
licking
pounding
rape
shellacking
thrashing
caning
clobbering
flaying
hurt
bopping
hiding
lambasting
smacking
strike
striking
tanning
biffing
harassment
molesting
pummeledUS
pummellingUK
beating up
beating-up
dirty deed
doing over
doing-over
duffing-up
physical assault
physical attack
physical violence
rough handling
roughing up
sexual assault
sexual interference
sexual misconduct
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Noun
▲
A state of disapproval or feeling of unfulfillment
dissatisfaction
displeasure
disgruntlement
discontent
annoyance
disappointment
irritation
unhappiness
distress
exasperation
resentment
chagrin
anger
vexation
discontentment
dislike
dismay
disapproval
frustration
disgust
disapprobation
distaste
disquiet
regret
discontentedness
uneasiness
disaffection
aversion
desolation
discomfort
discouragement
disfavourUK
grievance
anxiety
disrelish
lamentation
worry
malaise
disinclination
indisposition
fretfulness
disfavorUS
restlessness
weariness
envy
letdown
hopelessness
trouble
disregard
jealousy
malcontent
malcontentment
disliking
complaint
restiveness
Weltschmerz
boredom
ennui
heartburn
querulousness
anguish
torment
agitation
grief
woe
misery
perturbation
angst
sorrow
disquietude
upset
sadness
unease
depression
turmoil
bother
nervousness
apprehension
fear
torture
more ❯
Noun
▲
An unjust act, treatment or occurrence
unjustness
injustice
wrong
injury
disservice
shaft
abuse
grievance
outrage
crime
damage
infringement
transgression
trespass
violation
infraction
wrongdoing
mischief
malfeasance
villainy
miscarriage
offenceUK
offenseUS
unlawfulness
breach
encroachment
malpractice
maltreatment
negligence
railroad
ruin
sellout
raw deal
crying shame
dirty deal
more ❯
Noun
▲
Severe suffering, difficulty or privation
hardship
suffering
adversity
difficulty
trouble
austerity
misery
misfortune
affliction
calamity
destitution
privation
tribulation
burden
grievance
persecution
torment
want
deprivation
discomfort
need
neediness
penury
trial
beggary
hassle
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
pain
asperity
disaster
distress
hardness
hazard
poverty
rigourUK
rigorUS
ruin
ruination
trials
wretchedness
accident
catastrophe
curse
danger
drudgery
grief
injury
laborUS
labourUK
lack
mischance
peril
sorrow
toil
travail
travails
vicissitude
worry
fatigue
trough
dire straits
hard knocks
trials and tribulations
rotten luck
tough break
tough luck
uphill battle
financial distress
rainy day
Herculean task
humble beginnings
bad patch
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that causes great worry, anxiety or grief
load
worry
millstone
pressure
trouble
affliction
albatross
burden
cross
encumbrance
liability
strain
tax
weight
drag
drain
incubus
deadweight
excess baggage
yoke
responsibility
cross to bear
ball and chain
millstone round one's neck
stress
difficulty
imposition
demand
onus
obligation
hindrance
duty
charge
shackle
hardship
task
thorn in one's side
hassle
cumber
nuisance
punishment
anxiety
misfortune
grievance
chain
care
mantle
obstacle
trammel
obstruction
embarrassment
debt
impediment
monkey on back
woe
misery
tension
depletion
sapping
reduction
heat
adversity
demands
expenditure
outflow
distress
urgency
albatross around one's neck
exigency
crunch
bother
intrusion
demandingness
exhaustion
encroachment
pressure cooker
annoyance
infliction
restraint
obtrusion
pain
imposure
constraint
problem
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
trial
concern
blame
accountability
unwanted responsibility
dead weight
Noun
▲
The exercise of power or influence over someone or something
domination
control
dominion
dominance
supremacy
power
ascendancy
authority
sway
rule
command
sovereignty
reign
predominance
influence
superiority
mastery
ascendency
hegemony
government
ascendance
preeminence
jurisdiction
ascendence
paramountcy
prepotency
imperium
sovranty
predominancy
edge
prepotence
tyranny
might
prepollency
preponderancy
dictatorship
despotism
suppression
subjugation
strings
upper hand
whip hand
more ❯
Noun
▲
Forceful and oppressive control or authority, wielding power with a big stick or firm hand
heavy hand
big stick
firm hand
iron boot
iron hand
strong hand
tight rein
tight ship
tight grasp
grip
control
jackboot
iron rule
iron fist
hard line
mailed fist
Noun
▲
Systematic unfair treatment or inequality against individuals or groups based on social factors
social injustice
discrimination
inequity
inequality
injustice
prejudice
social discrimination
social inequality
social inequity
Noun
▲
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances
stress
anxiety
strain
pressure
tension
worry
trauma
distress
nervousness
tenseness
hassle
burden
difficulty
trouble
disquiet
disquietude
dread
grief
hardship
pain
restlessness
suffering
trepidation
affliction
agony
alarm
apprehensiveness
distention
fear
fearfulness
flutter
heat
intensity
misgiving
mistrust
nervous tension
overextension
passion
trial
urgency
albatross
expectancy
impatience
more ❯
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