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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | denounce, censure |
| Synonyms: | accuse, arraign, blame, bring charges against, call into question, call to account, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, challenge, charge, criminate, criticize, discredit, disparage, hold at fault, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, query, question, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, tax, try |
| Antonyms: | elect |
| Main Entry: | indict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | arraign, censure, charge, criminate, face with charges, finger*, frame*, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, prosecute, summon, tax |
| Antonyms: | absolve, acquit, exonerate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | credit, allocate |
| Synonyms: | accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Main Entry: | levy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assess, impose |
| Synonyms: | call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place, put on, raise, set, summon, tax, wrest, wring |
| Notes: | a levee is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, while a levy is a charge or tax imposed and collected |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, veto |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, albatross, care, charge, cumber, deadweight, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, incubus, liability, millstone, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overburden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | burden, charge, encumber, hamper, lade, oppress, saddle, task, tax, trouble, weigh down, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, cumber, encumber, impose upon, lade, land, load, saddle, tax, weigh |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Antonyms: | relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | onus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, black eye, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, culpability, deadweight, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, benefit, blessing, help |
| Main Entry: | oppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, beat down, burden, crush, despotize, dishearten, dispirit, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound, keep down, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, ride, rule, sadden, saddle, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, tyrranize, vex, weigh heavy upon, worry, wrong |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
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