What is the difference between onerous and gratuitous?
onerous | gratuitous | Antonyms |
imposing]] or [[constitute, constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.
* 1820 , , "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
* 1848 , , Shirley , ch. 13:
* 1910 , , "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays :
Given freely; unearned.
Not called for by the circumstances; uncalled-for; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; unjustified.
Gratuitous is a antonym of onerous.
As adjectives the difference between onerous and gratuitous
is that onerous is imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort while gratuitous is given freely; unearned.onerous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
- Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous , how irksome.
- [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.
Synonyms
* (burdensome) demanding, difficult, taxing, wearingDerived terms
* onerouslygratuitous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- gratuitous violence