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English
Etymology
From burden + -some.
Pronunciation
Adjective
burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)
- Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 6:. . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555: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.
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Translations
of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
- Bulgarian: тежък (bg) (težǎk), труден (bg) (truden), обременяващ (bg) (obremenjavašt)
- Catalan: gravós
- Estonian: koormav
- Finnish: raskas (fi), rasittava (fi), vaivalloinen (fi), (informal) hikinen (fi), rankka (fi)
- French: pénible (fr), ardu (fr), pesant (fr), fastidieux (fr), écrasant (fr), chiant (fr), casse-cul (fr), prise de tête (fr), emmerdant (fr)
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃 (kaurus)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀχθεινός (akhtheinós)
- Italian: gravoso (it), oneroso (it) m, ostico (it) m
- Latin: onerōsus
- Middle English: hevysum
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byrdefull
- Nynorsk: børefull, byrdefull
- Polish: uciążliwy (pl) m
- Portuguese: exigente (pt)
- Russian: обременительный (ru) (obremenitelʹnyj), тягостный (ru) (tjagostnyj), тяжёлый (ru) (tjažólyj), тя́жкий (ru) (tjážkij)
- Spanish: exigente (es), pesado (es), penoso (es), arduo (es), agotador (es), fastidioso (es), puñeta, oneroso (es) m, dispendioso (es) m, cargoso (es), gravoso (es)
- Ukrainian: обтя́жливий (obtjážlyvyj)
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