BURDEN Synonyms

• an onerous or difficult concern

• a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• an onerous or difficult concern

• the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

• sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

• the relative importance granted to something

• an artifact that is heavy

• an oppressive feeling of heavy force

• a system of units used to express the weight of something

• a unit used to measure weight

• (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

• weight down with a load

• present with a bias

• a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

• a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

• a cause of great suffering and distress

• (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

• large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

• cases used to carry belongings when traveling

• a worthless or immoral woman

• the portable equipment and supplies of an army

• the quality of being a hindrance

• a state of misfortune or affliction

• something hard to endure

• something that causes or entails suffering

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• an inconvenient discomfort

• a difficulty that causes anxiety

• the quality of not being useful or convenient

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

• any load that is difficult to carry

• one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

• (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

• the proper sphere or extent of your activities

• a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct

• (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of singing

• to exert much effort or energy

• test the limits of

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• become stretched or tense or taut

• remove by passing through a filter

• rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• a source of difficulty

• an angry disturbance

• an event causing distress or pain

• an effort that is inconvenient

• a strong feeling of anxiety

• an unwanted pregnancy

• move deeply

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

• a variant of `burden'

• weight down with a load