'onerous' definitions:
Definition of 'onerous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" [syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing]
Synonyms of 'onerous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoying,
- arduous,
- arduously,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- burdensomely,
- crushing,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- difficultly,
- effortful,
- encumbering,
- exacting,
- exhausting,
- exigent,
- forced,
- grievous,
- grinding,
- grueling,
- hampering,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- hardly,
- harsh,
- heavy,
- heavy-handed,
- hefty,
- Herculean,
- impedimental,
- impeding,
- impeditive,
- incumbent,
- irksome,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- laboriously,
- lumpish,
- massive,
- onerously,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- overburdensome,
- painful,
- plaguey,
- ponderous,
- punishing,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- superincumbent,
- taxing,
- toilsome,
- toilsomely,
- tough,
- troublesome,
- trying,
- tyrannous,
- unruly,
- unwieldy,
- uphill,
- vexatious,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- weighty