9 definitions found for burdensome

Burdensome BURD'ENSOME, a. Heavy; grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

burdensome adj 1: 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" [syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing]

burdensome adjective Date: 1578 imposing or constituting a burden ; oppressive <burdensome restrictions> Synonyms: see onerous

burdensome If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with. (WRITTEN) ...a burdensome debt... The load was too burdensome. = onerous ADJ

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Burdensome 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.

burdensome a. 1. Heavy, oppressive, onerous. 2. Troublesome, grievous, afflicting, hard to bear.

burdensome ˈbə:dnsəm adj. onerous, cumbersome, oppressive, weighty, troublesome, wearisome, bothersome, distressing, worrying, worrisome, vexatious, irksome: A tax on food is burdensome for those on a low income.

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