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burden
noun as in mental weight; stress
Strongest matches
anxiety, concern, difficulty, duty, hardship, load, onus, responsibility, strain, task, tax, trouble, worry
Strong matches
accountability, affliction, albatross, blame, care, charge, clog, encumbrance, grievance, hindrance, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, punishment, sorrow, trial, work
Weak matches
Herculean task, ball and chain, deadweight, excess baggage, thorn in one's side, weary load
verb as in encumber, strain
Strongest matches
afflict, bother, depress, encumber, hamper, hinder, lade, oppress, overload, overwhelm, weigh down
Strong matches
crush, cumber, impede, load, obligate, overcharge, pile, press, snow, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, worry
Weak matches
bear down on, dish it out, dish out, dump on, give it to, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to
Example Sentences
“Adjustments are expected on both the supply and demand sides; however, the greatest burden of rebalancing will almost certainly fall on supply,” she wrote.
“Adjustments are expected on both the supply and demand sides; however, the greatest burden of rebalancing will almost certainly fall on supply,” she wrote.
Just about all seniors say they don’t want to be a burden on their children.
You get tired of carrying that burden around all the time, and it’s more fun to have fun than it is to be acrimonious.
Adult children who are not “chosen” may feel relieved of a burden, or they may feel rejected, and perhaps not for the first time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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