onerous
oner.ous \'a:n-*-r*s, 'o--n*-\ aj [ME, fr. MF onereus, fr. L onerosus, fr.
oner-, onus bu]rden; akin to Skt anas cart 1: involving, imposing, or
constituting a burden : TROUBLESOME { an ~ task} 2: having legal
obligations that outweigh the advantages {~ contra ct}an imposing hardship.
ONEROUS stresses being laborious and heavy esp. because distasteful;
BURDENSOME suggests causing mental as well as physical strain; OPPRESSIVE
implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed; EXACTING implies
rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or
in the one demanding - oner.ous.ly av SYN syn ONEROUS, BURDENSOME,
OPPRESSIVE, EXACTING me