Onerous

Definition

1. (adjective) Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

Word stats

• Onerous contains 7 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 7.

Words you can build

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• ones
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• ores
• ours
• roes
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• rune
• runs
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• soon
• sore
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• sure
• urns
• user
• eon
• nor
• nos
• one
• ore
• our
• roe
• rue
• run
• son
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• sun
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• use

Word neighbours

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with ONE

• one
• oneness
• ones
• oneself
• onetime

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Words ending with OUS

• abstemious
• acidulous
• acrimonious
• adulterous
• advantageous
• adventitious
• adventurous
• ambidextrous
• ambiguous
• ambitious
• amorous
• amorphous
• amphibious
• analogous
• androgynous
• anomalous
• anonymous
• anxious

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