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What is "onerous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does onerous mean in English? Meaning of onerous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "onerous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "onerous": not easily borne; wearing

Adjective

  • Meaning: not easily borne; wearing
  • Example: 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: burdensome onerous taxing
  • Similar: heavy

    • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈəʊn.ɜː(ɹ).ʌs/

  • Adjective: imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort. 1820, Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow": That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable. 1848, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, ch. 13: Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous, how irksome. 1910, Jack London, "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays: [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.1820, Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow": That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.1848, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, ch. 13: Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous, how irksome.1910, Jack London, "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays: [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.

    • Synonyms:

    distressing, intolerable, troublesome, excessive, harsh, oppressive, taxing, weighty, backbreaking, arduous, severe, demanding, exhausting, burdensome, strenuous, rigorous, cumbersome, laborious, grueling, painful, difficult, austere, exacting, exigent, formidable, galling, grave, grinding, hard, headache, heavy, irksome, merciless, overpowering, ponderous, pressing, responsible, serious, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, vexatious, fatiguing, crushing, embittering, overtaxing, plodding,

    Antonyms:

    helpful, trivial, facile, friendly, effortless, easy, nice, gentle, mild, calm, relieving, temperate, easy-going, simple, common, light,

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    onerous in English: onerous
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