Meaning of BURDENSOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'burdnsum
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" |
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| | Synonyms: | | heavy, onerous, taxing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bur"den*some\, a.
Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;
oppressive.
The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome.
--Milton.
Syn: Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous;
oppressive; troublesome. -- {Bur"den*some*ly}, adv. --
{Bur"den*some*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | annoying, arduous, backbreaking, besetting, bothersome, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, distressing, effortful, encumbering, exacting, exhausting, exigent, forced, grievous, grinding, grueling, hampering, hard-earned, hard-fought, harsh, heavy, hefty, Herculean, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, incumbent, irksome, killing, labored, laborious, lumpish, massive, onerous, operose, oppressive, overburdensome, painful, plaguey, punishing, strained, strenuous, superincumbent, taxing, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, tyrannous, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, wearying, weighty, worrisome, worrying |
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