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BURDENSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burdensome mean? 

BURDENSOME (adjective)
  The adjective BURDENSOME has 1 sense:

1. not easily borne; wearingplay

  Familiarity information: BURDENSOME used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURDENSOME (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not easily borne; wearing

Synonyms:

burdensome; onerous; taxing

Context example:

a taxing schedule

Similar:

heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)

Derivation:

burdensomeness (unwelcome burdensome difficulty)


 Context examples 


He glanced about the room, and the thought of packing was burdensome.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Because I was poor, and burdensome, and she disliked me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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