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- Dictionaryonerous/ˈəʊn(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty: "he found his duties increasingly onerous"
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Onerous means difficult to do or needing a lot of effort. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find synonyms and related words in the Cambridge Dictionary.
Onerous means involving, imposing, or constituting a burden or hardship. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and legal usage of this adjective from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Onerous means difficult to do or needing a lot of effort. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts, such as taxes, duties, or tasks, with synonyms and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
If something is onerous, it is very difficult to deal with or do. A near synonym is burdensome. In legal usage, onerous describes a contract or lease that has more obligations than advantages. Onerous derives from Middle English, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerōsus, from onus "burden."
Onerous definition: burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship. See examples of ONEROUS used in a sentence.
Onerous means burdensome, laborious, or troublesome. It can also describe a legal obligation that outweighs the benefits. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and word origin of onerous.
Onerous means troublesome, oppressive, or burdensome, or having obligations that outweigh the advantages. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of onerous in English and Spanish.
