Burdensome

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  • adjective. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  • adjective. Causing hardship or distress.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Weighing like a heavy burden; grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive; heavy; wearisome: as, “burthensome exactions,”
  • Able to carry burdens or cargoes.
  • Synonyms Onerous, troublesome, fatiguing, hard to bear.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not easily borne; wearing
    • Word Usage
    "From free learning sources such as MIT OpenCourseWare, to fully formed tuition-free degree programs such as those offered by University of the People, the phrase "burdensome tuition" is becoming a phrase of the past."
    cross-reference
    oppressive  troublesome  
    Equivalent
    heavy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Embarrass  arduous  cumbersome  debilitate  disagreeable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Herculean  annoying  arduous  arduous  backbreaking  
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