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Definition of Onerous

Onerous

  1. Burdensome; oppressive.

Onerous Quotations

My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.
William Shatner

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
Amy Tan

Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs.
Jim Gerlach

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.
Robert Welch

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.
Victoria Woodhull
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Onerous Translations

onerous in Afrikaans is swaar
onerous in Danish is tung
onerous in Dutch is zwaar, drukkend
onerous in French is suant, lourd
onerous in Italian is noioso
onerous in Norwegian is tung
onerous in Portuguese is pesado

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