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Answer for the clue "A feeling of being oppressed ", 14 letters:
oppressiveness

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression ] unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness , onerousness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being oppressive.

Usage examples of oppressiveness.

It was pleasant to be apart from him, his experience, his weightiness, the innocent oppressiveness of his maturity, his dominance.

The smoke-darkened timbers seemed to breathe out a miasma of oppressiveness.