Hypertext Webster Gateway: "burdensome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
burdensome
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"
[syn: {onerous}, {taxing}]
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