onerous
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne…Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
» The cost of repairing this damage will be onerous.
Es wird sehr teuer werden, diesen Schaden in Ordnung zu bringen.
Meaning
1 sensesImposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
beschwerlich, drückend, lästig
обременительныйobremenitelʹnyj, тягостныйtjagostnyj
обтя́жливийobtjážlyvyj
- not easily borne; wearing
Examples
3 sentencesThe cost of repairing this damage will be onerous.
deEs wird sehr teuer werden, diesen Schaden in Ordnung zu bringen. — brauchinet
It's very onerous.
ruЭто очень обременительно. — odexed
The Food and Drug Administration required an onerous approval process to bring any test to market.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English onerous, borrowed from Middle French onereux, from Old FrencInherited from Middle English onerous, borrowed from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, a learned borrowing from Latin onerosus, from onus (“burden”) + -ōsus. Compare exonerate.
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Forms
more onerous, most onerous| Comparative | more onerous Lesson |
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| Superlative | most onerous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- not easily borne; wearing:burdensometaxing
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form