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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burdensome \Bur"den*some\, adjective 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}, adverb -- {Bur"den*some*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burdensome
adjective: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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