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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bur-dn-suh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr dn səm |
Definition of burdensome
Origin :- 1570s, from burden (n.1) + -some (1). Earlier was burdenous (1520s). Related: Burdensomeness.
- adj troublesome
- And the burdensome one is toilsome, while the delightsome one is pleasurable.
- Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
- Nay, I'll keep it myself, and not trouble thee with what proved too burdensome for myself.
- Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
- The rent of your ditch is high, the expenses of travel are burdensome.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- I do not want to storm at the man who made her life so burdensome.
- Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
- It is because we do not accept the commandments that the commandments are burdensome.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- She was told that she was a burden, and she desired to cease to be burdensome.
- Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
- That not telling of the will had been burdensome to him only because of the danger of discovery.
- Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
- Their weight, too, was so great that it was burdensome to carry them in any manner.
- Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
- How burdensome that of elector must be, the list of elections will show.
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- Your duties are daily becoming more and more numerous and burdensome.
- Extract from : « Among the Sioux » by R. J. Creswell
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