Hard and Oppressive

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Hard

Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

Usage example: a hard man, who never had a kind word for anyone

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Oppressive is a synonym for hard in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Oppressive" instead an adjective "Hard", when it comes to topics like heavy, cruel, strict.

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Oppressive

Oppressive adjective - Difficult to endure.

Usage example: an oppressive regime that rules through terror

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Hard is a synonym for oppressive in behaviour topic. You can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Oppressive", if it concerns topics such as character trait, heavy, cruel.

Nearby Words: oppress, oppression, oppressed, oppressiveness, oppressor

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They are oppressive genocidal tyrants now, and the few of them who start to realize it are having a very hard time living with themselves.

Source: Literature / The Host
The New is Lighter and Softer in a critical way, though; it's assumed in most games that there is no unchangable reason why things are oppressive, things are just hard all around.

Source: Tabletop Game / New World of Darkness
Nintendo Hard: The mod's merciless, relentless and oppressive atmosphere extends to the gameplay.

Source: Video Game / Fallout Dust

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