burden

Definition for burden

noun as in mental weight; stress

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anxiety, concern, difficulty, duty, hardship, load, onus, responsibility, strain, task, tax, trouble, worry

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accountability, affliction, albatross, blame, care, charge, clog, encumbrance, grievance, hindrance, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, punishment, sorrow, trial, work

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Herculean task, ball and chain, deadweight, excess baggage, thorn in one's side, weary load

verb as in encumber, strain

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afflict, bother, depress, encumber, hamper, hinder, lade, oppress, overload, overwhelm, weigh down

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crush, cumber, impede, load, obligate, overcharge, pile, press, snow, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, worry

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bear down on, dish it out, dish out, dump on, give it to, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to

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He said he hopes to reduce the financial burden on volunteers who have used their own money to keep the organization going.

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Its ability to fight back, however, is burdened partisan politics and its own history.

From Los Angeles Times

The guilt weighed heavily on them, as did the burden of the complex financial arrangements that come with care homes.

From BBC

Ideally, their production should ease the burden on a relief corps that ranked 21st in the majors in ERA during the regular season, and has no clear-cut hierarchy for its most trusted arms.

From Los Angeles Times

"Beyond recognition, it's put a burden on us - we now have to do more research on things people don't usually think about. Ask questions," says Mr Kumar.

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