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Showing words for ONEROUS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Onerous

onerous

6 Letter Words for Onerous

nooser, roneos, rouens, seroon, sooner, souren, unsore, ursone

5 Letter Words for Onerous

euros, noose, norse, noser, nurse, oners, ornes, osone, resun, roneo, rones, roons, roose, rouen, roues, rouse, runes, senor, seron, snore, urson

4 Letter Words for Onerous

eons, erns, eros, euro, noes, nore, nose, nous, nurs, oner, ones, onus, oons, oose, oreo, ores, ourn, ours, reno, roes, rone, roon, roos, rose, roue, roun, rous, ruen, rues, rune, runs, ruse, seor, sero, snur, sone, soon, sore, sorn, sour, suer, sune, sure, ures, urns, uroo, user

3 Letter Words for Onerous

ens, eon, eos, ern, ers, esr, esu, neo, noo, nor, nos, nur, nus, oer, oes, one, ono, ons, oon, oor, oos, ore, ors, ose, our, ous, res, roe, ron, roo, ros, rue, run, sen, ser, son, sou, sue, sun, sur, uns, ure, urn, urs, use

Definitions for Onerous

[1] burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
[2] having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages: an onerous agreement.
[3] laborious or oppressive
[4] law (of a contract, lease, etc) having or involving burdens or obligations that counterbalance or outweigh the advantages

Words related to Onerous

distressing, intolerable, troublesome, excessive, harsh, oppressive, taxing, weighty, backbreaking, arduous, severe, demanding, exhausting, burdensome, strenuous, rigorous, cumbersome, laborious, grueling, painful

Words nearby Onerous

oneirophrenia, oneiroscopy, oneness, oneonta, oner, onerous, oneself, onesie, onetti, onf, onfr.

Origin of Onerous

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin onerōsus, equivalent to oner- (stem of onus ) burden + -ōsus -ous

Other words from Onerous

on·er·ous·ly , adverb
on·er·ous·ness , o·ne·ros·i·ty [oh-nuh -ros -i-tee] /ˌoʊ nəˈrɒs ɪ ti/ , noun
non·on·er·ous , adjective
non·on·er·ous·ly , adverb
non·on·er·ous·ness , noun
un·on·er·ous , adjective
un·on·er·ous·ly , adverb
un·on·er·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Onerous

C14: from Latin onerōsus burdensome, from onus load

Synonyms for Onerous

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, cumbersome, demanding, difficult, distressing, excessive, exhausting, grueling, harsh, intolerable, laborious, oppressive, painful, rigorous, severe, strenuous, taxing, troublesome, weighty, austere, crushing, embittering, exacting, exigent, fatiguing, formidable, galling, grave, grinding, hard, headache, heavy, irksome, merciless, overpowering, overtaxing, plodding, ponderous, pressing, responsible, serious, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, vexatious