Synonyms for burdensome
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Of or like a burden
onerous, cumbersome, taxing, troublesome, laborious, oppressive, heavy, difficult, demanding, irksome, arduous, exacting, vexatious, strenuous, hard, weighty, grievous, wearing, cumbrous formal, dreich UK, wearisome, grueling
Other
back-breaking, encumbrous dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
Example sentences
- taxing Some claim that taxing the rich inhibits job creation.
- troublesome Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
- cumbersome Why did we get a washbasin? It's so cumbersome!
- onerous The cost of repairing this damage will be onerous.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| burdensome | steady | |
| taxing | falling | |
| troublesome | falling | |
| cumbersome | steady | |
| onerous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 5 letters
- heavy2
- 6 letters
- taxing2, dreich
- 7 letters
- wearing2, arduous3, onerous3, weighty2, irksome2
- 8 letters
- grievous2, exacting3, grueling3, cumbrous
- 9 letters
- difficult3, demanding3, strenuous3, laborious4, vexatious3, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- oppressive3, cumbersome3, encumbrous
- 11 letters
- troublesome3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pesant