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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
That fits with the article in The Information, which said the time between when Oracle finishes preparing its data centers for use and when customers start paying is a financial burden for the company.
The new rule addressed a problem that didn’t exist and, in doing so, imposed a substantial new cost burden.
Fiscal reforms will be watched, particularly moves to alleviate the huge debt burdens of local governments which are struggling to maintain basic services.
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday.
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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