Thesaurus:burdensome
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sense: imposing a burden which can be borne only with effort
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- arduous
- backbreaking (figurative)
- burdenous
- burdensome
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- demanding
- exacting
- gruelling
- laborious
- nimious (Scottish law, obsolete)
- operose
- oppressive
- onerous
- strenuous
- taxing
- wearing
Hypernyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “704. difficulty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “burdensome” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.