Burden

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Load

Synonyms Load, freight, charge, bundle, cargo, weight, pack, and parcel.

Responsibility

Synonyms Responsibility, charge, obligation, trouble, problem, anxiety, affliction, difficulty, strain, encumbrance, cross to bear, cumber, onus, duty, liability, care, worry, tribulation, trial, misfortune, stress, millstone, and albatross.

Gist

Synonyms Gist, drift, intention, meaning, signification, essence, import, tenor, spirit, substance, implication, thrust, significance, sense, thesis, purport, and message.

Overload

Synonyms Load, charge, encumber, overload, trammel, weight, weigh down, hamper, and overburden.

Oppress

Synonyms Oppress, cause trouble to, worry, bother, disturb, depress, distress, haunt, torment, afflict, stress, overwhelm, plague, trouble, cause suffering to, beset, harass, upset, get someone down, grieve, nag, harrow, strain, tax, perturb, and bedevil.

Example Sentences

She felt the burden of responsibility.

He carried a heavy burden home.

Don’t burden yourself with worries.

Their demands became a burden.