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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not easily borne; wearing;
- Example: "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"
- Example: "my duties weren't onerous I only had to greet the guests";
- Example: "a taxing schedule"
[syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Burdensome \Bur"den*some\, a.
   Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;
   oppressive.
   [1913 Webster]

         The debt immense of endless gratitude
         So burdensome.                           --Milton.
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   Syn: Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous;
        oppressive; troublesome.
        [1913 Webster] -- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. --
        Bur"den*some*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

burdensome
    adj 1: 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: burdensome, onerous, taxing]