Onerous.

Nov 13, 2016 23:32



ADJECTIVE



  1. (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome:
    "he found his duties increasingly onerous"

    synonyms: burdensome · arduous · strenuous · difficult · hard ·
    [more]

    severe · heavy · back-breaking · oppressive · weighty · uphill · challenging · formidable · laborious · Herculean · exhausting · tiring · taxing · demanding · punishing · grueling · exacting · wearing · wearisome · fatiguing · toilsome

    antonyms: effortless · easy



    • law
      involving heavy obligations:
      "an onerous lease"
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