gravis (burdensome): molestus (troublesome): magnus (great): durus (hard): acerbus (bitter): iniquus (not equitable, unjust). Oppressive heat, calorum molestiae: oppressive taxes, tributa acerba: oppressive government, imperium acerbum, grave, iniquum; imperii acerbitas: to labor under an oppressive debt, aere alieno premi: to become oppressive, gravescere; ingravescere: so oppressive were the wrongs that, etc., tanta vis erat injuriarum, ut, etc.: this is an oppressive feeling, hoc valde me urit, pungit, mordet.