Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - onerous
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Onerous
onerous
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If you describe a task as onerous, you dislike having to do it because you find it difficult or unpleasant. (FORMAL) ...parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a very difficult child. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French honereus, from Latin onerosus, from oner-, onus burden; akin to Sanskrit anas cart Date: 14th century 1. involving, imposing, or constituting a burden ; troublesome an ~ task 2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages an ~ contract • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, burdensome, oppressive, exacting mean imposing hardship. ~ stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful the ~ task of cleaning up the mess. burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain burdensome responsibilities. oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed the oppressive tyranny of a police state. exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding an exacting employer. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 burdensome; causing or requiring trouble. 2 Law involving heavy obligations. Derivatives onerously adv. onerousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF onereus f. L onerosus f. onus oneris burden ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. тягостный, обременительный; затруднительный onerous duties —- тягостные обязанности onerous work —- изнурительный труд ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. обременительный; затруднительный, тягостный; - onerous duties Syn: see heavy ONEROUS duties тягостные обязанности ...Англо-русский словарь
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