About The Word Onerous
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Onerous
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What's The Definition Of Onerous?
[adj] not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Onerous: burdensome | heavy | taxing Related Terms | Find terms related to Onerous: annoying | arduous | arduously | backbreaking | besetting | bothersome | burdensome | burdensomely | crushing | cumbersome | cumbrous | demanding | difficult | difficultly | effortful | encumbering | exacting | exhausting | exigent | forced | grievous | grinding | grueling | hampering | hard | hard-earned | hard-fought | hardly | harsh | heavy | heavy-handed | hefty | Herculean | impedimental | impeding | impeditive | incumbent | irksome | killing | labored | laborious | laboriously | lumpish | massive | onerously | operose | oppressive | overburdensome | painful | plaguey | ponderous | punishing | strained | strenuous | superincumbent | taxing | toilsome | toilsomely | tough | troublesome | trying | tyrannous | unruly | unwieldy | uphill | vexatious | wearing | wearisome | wearying | weighty See Also | Onerous In Webster's Dictionary \On"er*ous\, a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load,
burden: cf.F. on['e]reux.]
Burdensome; oppressive. ``Too onerous a solicitude.'' --I.
Taylor.
{Onerous cause} (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;
-- opposed to {gratuitous}.
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