onerous[adjective]Synonyms: difficult, burdensome, demanding, exacting, hard, heavy, laborious, oppressive, taxing
Contrasted words: easy, effortless, facile, light, simple, smooth, unexacting, untaxing
Related Words: arduous,
difficult,
hard,
laborious,
heavy,
hefty,
ponderous,
cumbersome,
unruly,
unwieldy,
driving,
heavy-handed [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
on‧er‧ous /ˈɒnərəs, ˈəʊ- $ ˈɑː-, ˈoʊ-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: onereus, from Latin onerosus, from onus; ⇒ onus]
work or a responsibility that is onerous is difficult and worrying or makes you tired ⇒
burdensome:
an onerous task [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲