Onerous
Difficult; burdensome; heavy to bear
adjectiveOnerous
Difficult; burdensome; heavy to bear
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Imagine This
It is a difficult job for one person to rule over a town, handle all its paperwork, and make all the decisions for the town folks. When one guy picks up the backpack for his two-week hiking trip, he said, 'The weight is on me.'
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Sounds Like
OH-nuh-ruhs
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Looks Like
One_rules
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Remember This
From Latin onerosus meaning burdensome; 'onus' means burden. The word emphasizes a heavy burden or obligation.
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Other Forms
onerouslyadverb
onerousnessnoun
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Connect With
burdensome, burden, load, taxing, arduous
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Note
Onerous is typically used to describe tasks, duties, laws, or obligations that are burdensome or oppressive; not interchangeable with 'easy' or 'light' contexts.