Meanings
comparative more burdensome · superlative most burdensome
- Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
. . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 61 more example
Finally, there are the commuter trains. Both companies operate these around the big cities and both find them burdensome, owing to the lack of off-peak travel.
1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555Synonyms: arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing, backbreaking, burdenous, cumbersome
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀχθεινός
- ἀχθεινός (akhtheinós)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Bulgarian тежък, труден
- тежък (težăk)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- труден (truden)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- обременяващ (obremenjavašt)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Catalan gravós
- gravósof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Estonian koormav
- koormavof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Finnish raskas, rasittava
- raskasof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- rasittavaof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- vaivalloinenof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- hikinenof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- rankkaof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
French pénible, ardu
- pénibleof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- arduof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- pesantof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- fastidieuxof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- écrasantof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- chiantof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- casse-culof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- prise de têteof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- emmerdantof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
German beschwerlich, belastend
- beschwerlichof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- belastendof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Hawaiian hoʻokua
- hoʻokuaof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Hindi बोझिल
- बोझिल (bojhil)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Irish tuirsiúil, tónáisteach
- tuirsiúilof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- tónáisteachof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Italian gravoso, oneroso
- gravosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- onerosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- osticoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Latin onerōsus
- onerōsusof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Norwegian Bokmål byrdefull
- byrdefullof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Polish uciążliwy
- uciążliwyof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Portuguese exigente
- exigenteof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Russian обременительный, тягостный
- обременительный (obremenitelʹnyj)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- тягостный (tjagostnyj)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- тяжёлый (tjažólyj)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- тя́жкий (tjážkij)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Spanish pesado, penoso
- pesadoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- penosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- fastidiosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- puñetaof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- dispendiosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- cargosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- gravosoof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Ukrainian обтя́жливий
- обтя́жливий (obtjážlyvyj)of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Welsh beichus, llethol
- beichusof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- lletholof or like a burden; arduous or demanding
Cite this entry
burdensome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burdensome
“burdensome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burdensome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burdensome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burdensome.
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