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- pronunciation:
- buhr
d
 n
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition: |
something that is carried or difficult to bear.
The pack was a heavy burden.Her ill health is a burden on both of us.- synonyms:
- load
- similar words:
- affliction, care, cargo, cross, difficulty, freight, hardship, hindrance, strain, tax, trial, trouble, weight
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blame, chore, debt, obligation, pressure, woe |
adjective + (n.)burden
added,
additional,
crushing,
double,
emotional,
enormous,
excessive,
extra,
financial,
greatest,
heavy,
huge,
imposing,
increased,
increasing,
intolerable,
objective,
overall,
overwhelming,
psychological,
reduced,
terrible,
total,
tremendous,
undue,
unfair,
unnecessary,
unreasonable
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verb + (n.)burden
assume,
bear,
bore,
carry,
constitute,
crush,
distribute,
ease,
free,
impose,
increase,
lessen,
lighten,
lower,
minimize,
offset,
place,
pose,
reduce,
relieve,
share,
shed,
shift,
shoulder
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(n.)burden
+ verb
decrease, justify, lift, prove, rest, strain, weigh
noun + (n.)burden
beast, boon, debt, sacrifice, share, sharing, stress, tax
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
burdens, burdening, burdened |
| definition: |
to place a burden on; give a heavy load to.
The teacher burdened us with a lot of homework for the weekend.- synonyms:
- saddle, weigh down
- antonyms:
- relieve
- similar words:
- afflict, bother, charge, hamper, handicap, obligate, oppress, overload, strain, tax, trouble, worry
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| related words: |
depress, load, overwhelm, swamp |
adverb + (v.)burden
already, heavily, less
(v.)burden
+ noun
commerce, cost, exercise, guilt, knowledge, proof, regulation, religion, requirement, responsibility, secret, task, taxpayer, weight
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