millstone

[mil-stohn] / ˈmɪlˌstoʊn /

NOUN

heavy mental or emotional burden

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burden

STRONG

accountability affliction albatross anxiety blame charge concern cross difficulty encumbrance grievance hardship hindrance load misfortune onus punishment responsibility strain stress task trial trouble worry

WEAK

deadweight mental weight thorn in one's side

Antonyms

STRONG

advantage aid assistance benefit blessing calmness contentment ease encouragement exculpation exoneration happiness health help peace praise tranquility

Example Sentences

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If he did so, his quotes against divorce would be an online millstone around his neck.

From Salon

At the entrance is a millstone Chinese workers in the city used to grind wheat.

From Seattle Times

Radtke quoted the second passage: “But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone around his neck.”

From Seattle Times

By the 1920s, it had become a millstone around the necks of workers — especially less-skilled workers — because of the power it gave employers to treat them as interchangeable warm bodies.

From Los Angeles Times

But the track has been neither a touchstone nor a millstone.

From New York Times

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