Meaning & use
fardels
Heavy burdens or bundles carried on one's back; figuratively, the hardships and troubles of life.
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The peddler trudged along the road, his fardels of cloth weighing down his shoulders.
Hamlet wonders why anyone would bear life's fardels rather than end their suffering.
A note on using this word
Fardels is archaic and appears today mainly in quotations of Shakespeare's Hamlet, where 'who would fardels bear' means who would endure life's burdens.
Words with a similar meaning
burdensloads
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