Synonyms for fardel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahr-dl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑr dl

Top 10 synonyms for fardel Other synonyms for the word fardel

Définition of fardel

Origin :
  • "bundle, burden," c.1300, from Old French fardel (13c., Modern French fardeau) "parcel, package, small pack," diminutive of farde, perhaps from Arabic fardah "package."
  • As in freight : noun goods being shipped
Example sentences :
  • I humbly thank him, and shall sleep the lighter for the fardel's loss.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Cattle are most commonly attacked by fardel in summer and autumn, when they are able to get at tough, strong, and hard grass.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • He threw down his burden in triumph at the hearth-side, shouting merrily, Ass and fardel!
  • Extract from : « Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall » by Robert S. Hawker
  • Who can endure to leave the Future all unguessed, and sit tamely down to groan under the fardel of the Present?
  • Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • What though the world once went hard with me, when I was fain to carry my fardel a foot-back?
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 » by Arthur Acheson
  • Then, seizing the good subprior in his teeth, he rushed round the field, swinging him as though he were a fardel of old clothes.
  • Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The maiden's future is a fardel upon my shoulders now, and they are not over strong. '
  • Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
  • I trembled for fear in his virtuous scorn he should take his fardel away again.
  • Extract from : « Helmet of Navarre » by Bertha Runkle

Antonyms for fardel

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