Onerous

//ˈɑnəɹəs//

Synonyms for "onerous" (88 found)

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Translations

38 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • затрудняващ adj (burdensome)
  • обременителен adj (burdensome)

Catalan

1 entries
  • onerós adj (burdensome)

Czech

3 entries
  • obtížný adj (burdensome)
  • tíživý adj (burdensome)
  • těžký adj (burdensome)

Dutch

3 entries
  • lastig adj (burdensome)
  • moeilijk adj (burdensome)
  • veeleisend adj (burdensome)

French

3 entries
  • lourd adj (burdensome)
  • onéreux adj (burdensome)
  • pénible adj (burdensome)

German

4 entries
  • beschwerlich adj (burdensome)
  • drückend adj (burdensome)
  • lästig adj (burdensome)
  • mühsam adj (burdensome)

Italian

2 entries
  • oneroso adj (burdensome)
  • ostico adj (burdensome)

Latin

1 entries
  • onerōsus adj (burdensome)

Māori

3 entries
  • taimaha adj (burdensome)
  • taumaha adj (burdensome)
  • toimaha adj (burdensome)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tyngende adj (burdensome)

Polish

1 entries
  • uciążliwy adj (burdensome)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • oneroso adj (burdensome)

Russian

2 entries
  • обременительный adj (burdensome)
  • тягостный adj (burdensome)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tegoban adj (burdensome)
  • zamoran adj (burdensome)

Spanish

1 entries
  • oneroso adj (burdensome)

Swedish

1 entries
  • jobbig adj (burdensome)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ağır adj (burdensome)
  • eziyetli adj (burdensome)
  • güç adj (burdensome)
  • külfetli adj (burdensome)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • обтя́жливий adj (burdensome)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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It's very onerous.

Source: tatoeba (934440)

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)

By the way, your instructions to me never to allow Sir Henry to go out alone will become very much more onerous if a love-affair were to be added to our other difficulties.

Source: tatoeba (6616924)

The Food and Drug Administration required an onerous approval process to bring any test to market.

Source: tatoeba (8653913)

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