Burdensome

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:16:56

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.

 

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