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- pronunciation:
- buhr
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 n
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something that is carried, borne, or endured, usu. with some difficulty.
The packs were a heavy burden for the little burro.His mother's ill health is somewhat of a burden on us, but we bear up.- synonyms:
- load
- similar words:
- affliction, care, cargo, cross, difficulty, encumbrance, freight, hardship, hindrance, impediment, millstone, onus, strain, task, tax, trial, trouble, weight, yoke
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| definition 2: |
responsibility.
You have the burden of finishing the task since it was you who insisted on undertaking it.- synonyms:
- charge, duty, obligation, onus, responsibility
- similar words:
- liability, load, task
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| related words: |
blame, charge, chore, debt, despair, discomfort, misery, obligation, pressure, tribulation, woe |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
burdens, burdening, burdened |
| definition: |
to place a burden on; assign a burden to.
His boss burdened him with a lot of work to finish over the weekend.- synonyms:
- encumber, saddle, weigh down, weight
- antonyms:
- relieve, unburden
- similar words:
- afflict, bother, charge, hamper, handicap, lade, obligate, oppress, overburden, overload, overtax, strain, tax, trouble, worry
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| related words: |
clog, depress, embarrass, load, overweight, overwhelm, pack, swamp, task |
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