Burden and Failure

Burden

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

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

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Burden and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

complete	complete burden	complete failure
actual	actual burden	actual failure
real	real burden	real failure
constant	constant burden	constant failure
Other adjectives: massive, great, serious, huge, horrible, sudden, financial, biggest.

Synopsis: After Lincoln begins to feel like a burden and a failure to his family he wants to try and surprise them with presents but finds himself in debt and working for a shady business practice, doing various tasks.

Source: Fanfic Recs / The Loud House
Hides a level of extreme insecurity and social anxiety, all tied to her fear of failure and unwillingness to burden other people with her own problems, even when it comes close to killing her.

Source: Hidden Depths / Video Games
Wangst: Warned against in "Compassion Fatigue":invokedReaders can identify with a protagonist who is a geek or a failure, but when all that character does is fail and wallow, identification becomes an unwelcome burden.

Source: Literature / How NOT to Write a Novel

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