burdensome

Speech parts

1. burdensome - Adjective

2. burdensome - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

onerous taxing heavy demanding oppressive cumbersome troublesome arduous exacting grievous weighty difficult complex pesky hard

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Antonyms

royal airy light simple refer easy

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Related terms

burden

Phrases with the word

not burdensome burdensome work burdensome task being burdensome in expense less burdensome unnecessarily burdensome

Examples

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge. Herodotus

I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. Caroline Knapp

When the new wore off his grandfather's watch, and carrying it became a day's burdensome task, Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes. Harper Lee

Nothing is so burdensome as a secret. French Proverb

Wisdom is the least burdensome travelling pack. Danish Proverb

Presents more burdensome than profitable. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

burdenless burdenlessness burdenous burdensome job burdensome task burdensome work