Burdens

Synonyms for "burdens" (470 found)

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cross crown of thorns crush one crushing burden culpability cumber cumbrance curse deadweight death decorate dedication deference demand depress destruction development devoir devotion difficulty

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dirty hands disadvantage discomfort disease disquiet distich distress disturb ditto division drag drive drone drone bass duties and responsibilities duty effect embarrass embarrassment encumber encumbrance enjoin enmesh ensnarl entangle entoil entrammel entrap entwine envoi epode essence ethics evil exact exercise exhaust exposition fag falderal falsetto fasten upon fealty fetter figure fill focus of attention focus of interest folderol freight freight with gall gall and wormwood gist glue on go hard with go ill with gravamen grief grievance guilt guiltiness guilty conscience hamper hamstring handicap hardship harm harmonic close haul haunt haunt the memory head head voice heading heap heap up heptastich hexastich hinder hitch on hobble homage impact impeachability impeachableness impede impediment impedimenta imperative implication impose impose on impose upon imposition inconvenience incubus inculpation incumbency indictability indictableness infix inflict on inflict upon infliction interlude intermezzo introductory phrase involve involvement issue join join with keep busy lade lading

Noun(5 words)

effect encumbrance essence gist incumbrance

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lame lay lay on levy liability lie on lime limit line line of duty living issue load with care loading loyalty lumber main point mass matter matter in hand measure

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meat millstone misery mission monostich motif motive movement musical phrase musical sentence must nemesis net nubbin nuisance obligation obsess octastich octave octet onus open wound oppress oppression ornament ottava rima ought overburden overdrive overload overtask overtax overtaxing overweigh overweight overweighting overwork pack pack away pack of troubles part passage paste on payload peccancy peck of troubles penalty pentastich period perturb pest pestilence phrase pile pith place plague plus pocket point point at issue point in question postfix poundage prefix press down press hard upon pressure prey prey on problem purport push put put down put on put to it put upon put with quantity quatrain question red-handedness refrain repeat repetend reprehensibility reproachableness reprovability reprovableness resolution respect response responsibility rest hard upon rhyme royal ritornello room rubric running sore sack saddle saddle with saddling scourge sea of troubles section self-imposed duty sense septet sestet set sextet shackle ship shipload short slap on snarl sorrow space spenserian stanza stack stagger stanza statement stave stick store stow stowage strain strength stress strophe subject subject matter subject of thought subject to subjoin substance suffix superadd superincumbency superpose surcharge sweat syllable tack on tag tag on tailpiece tangle task tax taxing tercet terza rima tetrastich text theme thorn thrust tire toil tonnage topic torment trailerload trainload trammel treble triplet tristich trouble truckload try try one tutti tutti passage undersong unite with upset upshot vanload variation verse vexation visitation voce voce di petto voce di testa voice volume waters of bitterness wear out weary weigh weigh down weigh heavy on weigh on weigh upon weight weight down weight down with white elephant woe work yoke with

Noun(3 words)

load loading onus

Verb(3 words)

saddle weight weight down

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Everyone has their own burdens.

Source: tatoeba (4010211)

Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid placing onerous burdens upon the mass of our people.

Source: tatoeba (5287346)

The ass and the mule carry burdens, the horse (which is graced by a mane) carries us; the camel the merchant with his wares.

Source: tatoeba (7356029)

Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharaoh cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses.

Source: tatoeba (7961281)

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