Reverse Dictionary: BURDEN

ADJECTIVES
► BELAST burdened, charged, bound → 1441 obs.
► BOWDEN burdened, provided → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURTHENSOME burdensome, onerous, cumbersome, oppressive, troublesome, wearisome → 1578 
► CARESOME burdensome; troublesome → 1535 obs.
► CARKING burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting → 1565 obs.
► CHARGEFUL burdensome; onerous → 1529 obs.
► CHARGEOUS burdensome; expensive, costly; troublesome, severe, oppressive → 1380 obs.
► GRAVAMINOUS burdensome; grievous, annoying, distressing → 1659 obs.
► HONEROUS ► ONEROUS burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ​→ 1400 obs.
► IMPORTUNABLE burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy → 1482 obs.
► IMPORTUNATE burdensome; grievous, grave → 1540 obs.
► IMPORTUNE burdensome; troublesome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting → 1400 obs.
► IMPORTUNOUS burdensome, pestering → 1598 obs.
► MOLESTUOUS burdensome; troublesome, annoying; troubled → 1572 obs.
► NIMIOUS vexatiously burdensome; excessive → 1777 Sc.
► ONERABLE burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → 1432 obs.
► ONERARIOUS burdensome; onerous, troublesome → 1548 obs.
► ONERARY fitted for the carriage of burdens → 1658
► ONEROSE burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → 1450 obs.
► ONUST burdened, laden, loaded → 1604 obs.
► ONUSTED burdened, loaded → 1657 obs.
► SARCINARIOUS serving to carry burdens or loads → 1656 obs.
► SUMPTERY that bears a burden; pert. to sumpter animals → 1546 obs.
► UNCHARGEANT not burdensome or onerous → 1380 obs.
► YCARKED burdened, loaded → 1340 obs.

ADVERBS
► HEAVY burdensomely,  oppressively; heavily; ponderously; massively → 1000 
► IMPORTUNATELY in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely → 1564 obs.

NOUNS
► ACCUMBRANCE a burden or impediment; the act of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming → 1330 obs.
► AFTERLOAD a burden that comes later; one that is produced by an even, incident, etc. → 1845
► AGGRIEVANCE a burden, trouble, or hardship; something that burdens or oppresses a person → 1400 obs.
► ALBATROSS ► ALBATROSS AROUND ONE’S NECK a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance → 1883
► BACK-BIRN a burden carried on the back → 1768 Sc.
► BADGE a large ill-shaped burden → 1825 Sc.
► BALLAST burden, load, freight → 1620 obs.
► BIRN a burden; a load carried on the back → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURN a burden, a load → 1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CARRIAGE a burden, a load; something carried → 1458 obs.
► CAST a burden cast or laid upon people; an impost, a charge → 1597 obs.
► CUMBER that which hinders; a hindrance, obstruction, encumbrance, burden → 1425 
► CUMBRANCE a hindering, encumbering, or burdening; hindrance, burden, encumbrance → 1535 obs.
► CUMBROUSNESS a being troublesome, burdensome, or unwieldy → 1557 
► DOWN-DRAG a burden; a thing which drags or weighs someone or something down; a depressing influence → 1814 orig. Sc.
► DOWNDRAUGHT a burden; a thing which drags or weighs someone or something down; a depressing influence → 1681 Sc.
► ELEPHANT an excessive burden or task → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FADGE a burden; a bundle; a part of a horse’s load → 1777 Eng. dial.
► FANG a burden, a heavy bundle, esp. when carried in the arms → 1900 Sc.
► HANDFUL a burdensome task; a great deal to manage → 1887 Amer. sl.
► HEAVY CHARGE a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children → 1892 Eng. dial.
► HEAVY HANDFUL a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children → 1892 Eng. dial.
► HERD OF ELEPHANTS a heavy burden of responsibility → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► IMPORTUNITY burdensomeness, trouble → 1475 obs.
► LABOURING OAR the most burdensome duty → 1776 US
► LADEN a burden; a load → 1773 Sc. obs.
► LAST STRAW, THE  a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable → 1845
► LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL’S BACK, THE a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable → 1846
► LAST a burden, a load → 1000 obs.
► LAZY-MAN’S LOAD an inconveniently large burden; an awkwardly large load carried to avoid making two trips → 1811 sl.
► MONKEY ON ONE’S BACK a burden or great disadvantage; a source of emotional pressure → 1959 Amer. colloq.
► ON-CAST a burden; a misfortune → 1897 Sc.
► ONERATION the act of burdening or loading; loading or filling the stomach, taking of food → 1651 obs.
► ONEROSITY a being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome → 1874
► ON-LIG a burden, a heavy imposition or responsibility → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPPRESSION burden, weight, pressure; the act of pressing or weighing down → 1490 chiefly poetic usage
► PACKALD a burden, a load; a packet → 1440 obs.
► PACKLE a burden, a pack-load; a bundle, a small load → 1743 Sc.
► PLASTER an encumbrance, a burden → 20C Irish sl.
► THOUGHT a burden; a cause of trouble; care, grief, sorrow → 1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WANTEL a burden; a bundle, a pack → 1599 obs.

NOUNS, PERSON
► DRAG a burdensome person; an annoying person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ABURDEN to burden, to oppress → 1620 obs.
► ACCLOY to burden; to oppress; to overfill, to overload → 1611 
► AGGRAVATE to burden; to weigh down; to make heavy → 1530 obs.
► BALLAST to burden; to load, to weigh down → 1566 arch.
► BE LEFT CARRYING THE CAN to be burdened with (usually unwanted) responsibility → M20 colloq.
► BOWDEN to burden; to fill → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CARK to burden; to load → 1300 obs.
► HAVE A MONKEY ON ONE’S BACK to suffer from burdensome worries, emotional pressure, etc. → 1959 
► HEAVY 1. to make burdensome, heavy, or oppressive → 825 obs.
2. to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress → 897 obs.
► IMPORTUNE to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy → 1578 obs.
► LABE to lay on a burden; to heap on; to place upon in great quantities → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAST to burden; to load → 1300 obs.
► LUMBER to burden uselessly, to encumber; to leave someone with something unwanted or unpleasant → 1642
► ONER to burden → 1545 obs.
► ONERATE to burden; to load, to oppress → 1535 obs.
► PRESS to burden, to oppress, to weigh down the feelings, mind, etc. → 1382 obs.
► RIDE to be a burden to; to hang oneself upon another → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SNOW UNDER to burden or assail with excessive demands, work, etc. → 1880 Amer. sl.
► YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress → 1773 Sc.