имя прилагательное обременительный; затруднительный, тягостный Например: onerous task — трудное задание onerous duties — тягостные обязанности Синоним(ы): heavy
adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French honereus, from Latin onerosus, from oner-, onus burden; akin to Sanskrit anas cart
1. involving, imposing, or constituting a burden ; troublesome
Example: an onerous task
2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Example: an onerous contract
• onerously adverb
• onerousness noun
Synonyms:
onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting mean imposing hardship. onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful
Example: the onerous task of cleaning up the mess.
burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain
Example: burdensome responsibilities.
oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed
Example: the oppressive tyranny of a police state.
exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding
Example: an exacting employer.