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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
Both have higher burdens of proof than asylum but don’t provide a pathway to citizenship.
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
Apparently, Kennedy has never heard of the burden of proof or the extreme difficulty in proving a negative.
By leveraging the threat of costly and unpredictable litigation, dominant firms burden their competitors financially and create uncertainty that undermines customer confidence in those rivals—ultimately steering business and market share toward themselves.
The announcement came a week after Takaichi unveiled a substantial economic stimulus package that includes measures to help households bear the burden of rising living costs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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