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onerous

/ˈəʊnərəs/adjective

उच्चारण ओनरस

कठिन, भारी, बोझिल

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adjective
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    formal

    needing great effort; causing trouble or worry

    कठिन, भारी, बोझिल

    • an onerous responsibility
    • The new secretary found the work onerous and often stayed until midnight.
    • Looking after the farm alone was an onerous task for the old man.
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    • The new tax rules are onerous for small shops.
    • She found the long hours at the hospital onerous but rewarding.

    Synonyms burdensome demanding taxing arduous heavy

    Opposite easy effortless light undemanding

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on·er·ous

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Keep the difficult words together: onerous (needing great effort, like a duty), arduous (very hard and tiring: 'an arduous journey'), burdensome, taxing (needing a lot of mental or physical effort), gruelling (very tiring), Herculean (needing great strength: 'a Herculean task').

कठिनाई के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: onerous (कर्तव्य जैसा भारी प्रयास चाहने वाला), arduous (बहुत कठिन और थकाऊ: 'an arduous journey'), burdensome, taxing (बहुत मानसिक या शारीरिक प्रयास चाहने वाला), gruelling (बहुत थकाऊ), Herculean (बड़ी शक्ति चाहने वाला: 'a Herculean task')।