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

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onerouslyonerousness

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