8
oppression(noun, domination, dictatorship)
8
severity(noun, difficulty, severity, oppression, domination)
7
onerousness(noun, difficulty)
5
burdensomeness
5
hardness(noun, difficulty)
5
harshness(noun, difficulty, severity, heavy-handedness)
4
heaviness(noun, wet, warmth, closeness, steam)
3
austerity(noun, severity)
3
closeness(noun, warmth, humidity, stuffiness)
3
complexity(noun, difficulty)
3
complication(noun, difficulty)
3
cruelty(noun, oppression, domination, dictatorship, painfulness)
3
strictness(noun, severity)
3
stringency(noun, severity)
3
toughness(noun, difficulty)
2
acuteness(noun, severity, painfulness)
2
arduousness(noun, difficulty, painfulness)
2
authoritarianism(noun, severity, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
2
difficulty(noun, difficulty)
2
grievousness(noun, painfulness)
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