Onerous vs Intolerable - What's the difference?
onerous | intolerable | Related terms |
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 :
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
Extremely offensive or insulting.
* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 4
Onerous is a related term of intolerable.
As adjectives the difference between onerous and intolerable
is that onerous is imposing]] or [[constitute|constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort while intolerable is intolerable.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
* onerouslyintolerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.
