burdensome
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
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 (1973 ed.), § 6:
- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
- French: pénible, ardu, pesant, fastidieux, écrasant, chiant, casse-cul, prise de tête, emmerdant
- Italian: gravoso, oneroso, ostico
- Portuguese: exigente
- Russian: обременительный
- Spanish: exigente, pesado, penoso, arduo, agotador, fastidioso, puñeta
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