Synonyms of the word onus


ONUSBURDEN - CONCERN - ENCUMBRANCE - HEADACHE - INCUMBRANCE - LOAD - VEXATION - WORRY

onus

  • n. A legal obligation.
  • n. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.
  • n. Stigma.
  • n. Blame.
  • n. Responsibility; burden.

burden

  • n. A heavy load.
  • n. A responsibility, onus.
  • n. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
  • n. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
  • n. (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
  • n. (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
  • n. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) A birth.
  • n. (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism.
  • v. (transitive) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).
  • v. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
  • n. (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
  • n. The drone of a bagpipe.
  • n. (obsolete) Theme, core idea.

concern

  • n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
  • n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  • n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  • n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
  • v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
  • v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
  • v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

encumbrance

  • n. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
  • n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

headache

  • n. A pain or ache in the head.
  • n. (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

incumbrance

  • n. A burden; a thing that must be carried.
  • n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

load

  • n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
  • n. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
  • n. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
  • n. (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity…
  • n. (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
  • n. The volume of work required to be performed.
  • n. (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
  • n. (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
  • n. (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
  • n. (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
  • n. A unit of measure for various quantities.
  • n. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
  • n. The charge of powder for a firearm.
  • n. (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
  • n. (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
  • n. (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
  • n. (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
  • v. (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
  • v. (intransitive) To put a load on something.
  • v. (intransitive) To receive a load.
  • v. (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
  • v. (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
  • v. (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a…
  • v. (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
  • v. (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
  • v. (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases.
  • v. (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
  • v. (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
  • v. (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
  • v. (transitive) To provide in abundance.
  • v. (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To magnetize.

vexation

  • n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
  • n. The state of being vexed or irritated.

worry

  • v. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
  • v. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
  • v. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
  • v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
  • n. A strong feeling of anxiety.
  • n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

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