All burden synonyms
burΒ·den
B b noun burden
- load β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- duty β something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- onus β a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- hardship β a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- tax β a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- task β a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- responsibility β the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- anxiety β Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- concern β Concern is worry about a situation.
- affliction β An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- grievance β a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- albatross β An albatross is a very large white seabird.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- sorrow β distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- misfortune β adverse fortune; bad luck.
- mishap β an unfortunate accident.
- accountability β the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- trial β German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- millstone β either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- punishment β the act of punishing.
- care β If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
verb burden
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- weigh down β to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- overwhelm β to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- overload β to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- oppress β to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- handicap β a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- lade β to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- try β to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- obligate β to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- cumber β to obstruct or hinder
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.