Burdensome

Bur′den-some

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Adj.

Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

The debt immense of endless gratitude
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Syn. – Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome.

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Burdensome

BURD'ENSOME

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Heavy; grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

burdensome

English

Adjective

burdensome ‎(comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
  . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

Synonyms

(of or like a burden): arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

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Translations

of or like a burden; arduous or demanding

Bulgarian: тежък (bg) ‎(težǎk), труден (bg) ‎(truden), обременяващ (bg) ‎(obremenjavašt)
Catalan: gravós
Estonian: koormav
Finnish: raskas (fi), rasittava (fi)
French: pénible (fr), ardu (fr), pesant (fr), fastidieux (fr), écrasant (fr), chiant (fr), casse-cul (fr), prise de tête (fr), emmerdant (fr)
Italian: gravoso (it)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: byrdefull

Nynorsk: børefull, byrdefull

Polish: uciążliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: exigente (pt)
Russian: обременительный (ru) ‎(obremenitelʹnyj), тягостный (ru) ‎(tjagostnyj), тяжёлый (ru) ‎(tjažólyj), тя́жкий (ru) ‎(tjážkij)
Spanish: exigente (es), pesado (es), penoso (es), arduo (es), agotador (es), fastidioso, puñeta

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