| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abusive | cruelly insulting or violent |
| 2. | afflictive | causing pain or distress |
| 3. | agonizing | causing intense suffering |
| 4. | airless | stuffy and hard to endure |
| 5. | arbitrary | based on will, not fairness |
| 6. | austere | severely simple or strict |
| 7. | authoritarian | favoring strict obedience to authority |
| 8. | autocratic | demanding absolute obedience |
| 9. | boxed-in | trapped within limits |
| 10. | broiling | extremely hot and oppressive |
| 11. | brooding | darkly threatening or gloomy |
| 12. | brutal | savagely harsh or cruel |
| 13. | bullying | intimidating and domineering |
| 14. | burdening | placing a heavy load |
| 15. | burdensome | hard to bear or endure |
| 16. | chastening | severely corrective or humbling |
| 17. | claustrophobic | uncomfortably closed in |
| 18. | close | stuffy and lacking fresh air |
| 19. | coercive | using force or threats |
| 20. | confining | limiting movement or freedom |
| 21. | constraining | forcing limits on action |
| 22. | crippling | severely limiting or damaging |
| 23. | crushing | overwhelmingly heavy or severe |
| 24. | deadening | reducing feeling or vitality |
| 25. | demoralizing | destroying confidence or spirit |
| 26. | depressing | causing sadness or gloom |
| 27. | despotic | tyrannically controlling |
| 28. | dictatorial | like a dictator in control |
| 29. | dominating | controlling in a powerful way |
| 30. | domineering | asserting control arrogantly |
| 31. | draconian | extremely harsh and severe |
| 32. | encumbering | weighing down or hindering |
| 33. | engulfing | overwhelming completely |
| 34. | enslaving | reducing to forced dependence |
| 35. | exacting | demanding great effort or care |
| 36. | forbidding | unfriendly and hard to approach |
| 37. | galling | deeply irritating and burdensome |
| 38. | gloomy | dark and depressing |
| 39. | grim | harshly forbidding or bleak |
| 40. | grueling | extremely tiring and demanding |
| 41. | hampering | holding back or restricting |
| 42. | hardgoing | difficult to endure or continue |
| 43. | harsh | severely cruel or difficult |
| 44. | heavy-handed | using excessive force or control |
| 45. | hemmed-in | tightly confined or restricted |
| 46. | high-handed | overbearing and arbitrary |
| 47. | imperious | arrogantly commanding |
| 48. | inexorable | impossible to stop or soften |
| 49. | inhumane | cruel and lacking compassion |
| 50. | intimidating | causing fear or submission |
| 51. | intolerable | too bad to endure |
| 52. | leaden | heavy, dull, and oppressive |
| 53. | lowering | darkly threatening in appearance |
| 54. | menacing | threatening harm or danger |
| 55. | merciless | showing no mercy |
| 56. | miserable | causing great discomfort or unhappiness |
| 57. | muffling | dampening or smothering |
| 58. | muggy | uncomfortably warm and humid |
| 59. | murky | dark, gloomy, and heavy |
| 60. | obstructive | blocking action or progress |
| 61. | onerous | involving heavy burdens |
| 62. | overbearing | domineering and hard to resist |
| 63. | overwhelming | too intense to handle |
| 64. | painful | causing suffering or distress |
| 65. | peremptory | insisting on immediate obedience |
| 66. | pitiless | showing no compassion |
| 67. | policed | closely monitored and controlled |
| 68. | punishing | severely demanding or painful |
| 69. | punitive | intended as punishment |
| 70. | puritanical | excessively strict morally |
| 71. | regimented | strictly controlled and ordered |
| 72. | relentless | unceasingly harsh or intense |
| 73. | repressive | controlling by force or restraint |
| 74. | restrictive | limiting freedom or action |
| 75. | rigid | inflexibly strict or severe |
| 76. | rough | harsh or difficult |
| 77. | roughshod | ruthlessly overbearing |
| 78. | ruthless | without pity or mercy |
| 79. | severe | very harsh or strict |
| 80. | smothering | overwhelmingly controlling or close |
| 81. | soul-crushing | destroying morale or spirit |
| 82. | stern | strict and serious |
| 83. | stifling | suffocatingly restrictive or heavy |
| 84. | strangling | severely restricting growth or freedom |
| 85. | strict | demanding exact obedience |
| 86. | suffocating | feeling smothering or restrictive |
| 87. | thick | heavy and hard to breathe |
| 88. | threatening | suggesting harm or force |
| 89. | tormenting | causing severe mental pain |
| 90. | totalitarian | exercising complete controlling power |
| 91. | trying | hard to endure |
| 92. | tyrannical | cruelly controlling and unjust |
| 93. | unforgiving | harsh and not lenient |
| 94. | unjust | not fair or right |
| 95. | unrelenting | not easing in severity |
| 96. | unyielding | not bending or easing |
| 97. | violent | using force aggressively |
| 98. | weight-laden | burdened with heavy pressure |
| 99. | weighty | heavy in burden or importance |
| 100. | wretched | very unhappy or unpleasant |
