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- pronunciation:
- buhr
d
 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 |
adjective + (n.)burden
added,
additional,
administrative,
crushing,
disproportionate,
double,
emotional,
enormous,
excessive,
extra,
financial,
fiscal,
greatest,
heavy,
huge,
imposing,
increased,
increasing,
intolerable,
objective,
onerous,
overall,
overwhelming,
predictive,
psychological,
reduced,
regulatory,
subjective,
substantial,
terrible,
total,
tremendous,
unbearable,
undue,
unfair,
unnecessary,
unreasonable
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verb + (n.)burden
alleviate,
allocate,
assume,
bear,
bore,
caregiver,
carry,
constitute,
crush,
distribute,
ease,
free,
impose,
increase,
lessen,
lighten,
lower,
minimize,
offset,
outweigh,
place,
pose,
reduce,
relieve,
share,
shed,
shift,
shoulder,
sustain
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(n.)burden
+ verb
decrease, justify, lift, prove, rest, strain, weigh
noun + (n.)burden
beast, boon, caregiver, compliance, debt, defendant, equity, paperwork, plaintiff, prosecution, sacrifice, share, sharing, statute, stress, tax
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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 |
adverb + (v.)burden
already, disproportionately, heavily, less, substantially, unduly, unfairly
(v.)burden
+ noun
commerce, cost, exercise, guilt, knowledge, proof, regulation, religion, requirement, responsibility, secret, task, taxpayer, weight
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