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Burdensome; oppressive.

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  1. a. Burdensome; oppressive.
  2. adj. not easily borne; wearing
  3. Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor. Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.
  4. Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor.Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; -- opposedto gratuitous.
  5. j:100 s not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"