See onerous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "tjagostnyj",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "тягостный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "tegoban"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "zamoran"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "oneroso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "jobbig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "ağır"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "eziyetli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "güç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "külfetli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "sıkıntılı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "zahmetli"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obtjážlyvyj",
"sense": "burdensome",
"word": "обтя́жливий"
}
],
"word": "onerous"
}
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