Burden and Event

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Event and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Event" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Event noun - Something that happens.

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Burden and event are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

particular	particular burden	particular event
complete	complete burden	complete event
actual	actual burden	actual event
real	real burden	real event
Other adjectives: massive, large, serious, huge, unfortunate, terrible, horrible, tragic, social, major, significant, sudden, biggest.

Because of an unspecified event in her childhood, people that were once her friends started to push her away, and with no help from her mother, she began her first year worried that she'd be a burden to everyone she even so much as looks at.

Source: Manga / Fruits Basket
Basically, it's only said to someone who (in the speaker's opinion) has crossed the Moral Event Horizon, but also entails a burden: the speaker is so offended that Unstoppable Rage is the only option.

Source: This Is Unforgivable!

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