onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful.
the onerous task of cleaning up the mess
burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain.
burdensome responsibilities
oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed.
the oppressive tyranny of a police state
exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding.
an exacting employer
Example Sentences
The responsibility has become burdensome. the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure
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