Burden
Pressure
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| emotional | emotional burden | emotional pressure |
| physical | physical burden | physical pressure |
| full | full burden | full pressure |
| legal | legal burden | legal pressure |
| Other adjectives: sheer, heavy, constant, massive, great, serious, enormous, huge, lower, psychic, social, spiritual, mental, psychological, extra, additional, immense, tremendous, maximum, increasing, economic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The extreme passion people in Dillon, Texas have for the sport is implied to make things worse for the team, as it is their burden to make the town proud and most of them are fighting enough of their own battles without the pressure of a town's failed dreams on their backs.
Source: Serious Business / Film -
The extreme passion people in the town have for the sport is implied to make things worse for the team as it is their burden to make the town proud and most of them are fighting enough of their own battles without the pressure of a town's failed dreams on their backs.
Source: Film / Friday Night Lights
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