burdensome

3 definitions found

burdensome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Burdensome \Bur"den*some\, a.
     Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;
     oppressive.
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           The debt immense of endless gratitude
           So burdensome.                           --Milton.
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     Syn: Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous;
          oppressive; troublesome.
          [1913 Webster] -- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. --
          Bur"den*some*ness, n.
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burdensome - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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 - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "burdensome":
     Herculean, 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, 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