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onerousadjective difficult to endurehad the onerous and stressful job of notifying the families of soldiers killed in action bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortablebiting, inclement, intemperate, wildrigorous, strict, stringentagonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretchedcrushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearinginsufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurableharrowing, tortuousbad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant easy, light, soft comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snugagreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasantpeaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restfulbearable, endurable, painless, tolerablebalmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate requiring much time, effort, or careful attentionbuilding the scale model of the frigate was an onerous task arduous, burdensome, challenging, demanding, exacting, grueling(or gruelling), killing, laborious, persnickety, taxing, toilsome difficult, formidable, hard, herculean, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, testing, toughoppressive, tryingrigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent light, nondemanding, unchallenging, undemanding easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting mean imposing hardship.onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful.the onerous task of cleaning up the mess burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain.burdensome responsibilities oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed.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.an exacting employer in the 14th century |