ONEROUS (Adj.)

Meaning- 1) difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with.

                        2) having more obligations than advantages.

Mnemonic trick- The word onerous contains word ‘oner’.’oner’ sounds similar to Hindi word ‘Anar’ or Pomegranate. It is an onerous to extract juice from Pomegranate or ‘ANAR KA RAS NIKALNA ONEROUS TASK HAIN’. Therefore, onerous means difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with.

Synonym- ARDUOUS, STRENUOUS, BURDENSOME, TIRING, TEDIOUS

Uses-

•          Sometimes Mrs. Bina felt as if it were an onerous difficulty to survive during the economic crisis.
•          It would be an onerous and stressful task to notify the families of soldiers who killed in counter-terrorism operations.
•          There is a great deal of onerous work involved in compiling understandable definitions and applicable sentences for the word entries in this lexicon.
•          The child found his duties increasingly onerous.