I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.
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Burdensome
//ˈbɜː.dən.səm//
Synonyms for "burdensome" (96 found)
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54 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀχθεινός adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обременяващ adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- тежък adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- труден adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Catalan
1 entries- gravós adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Estonian
1 entries- koormav adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Finnish
4 entries- hikinen adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- rankka adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- rasittava adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- raskas adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
French
4 entries- ardu adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- casse-cul adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- chiant adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- emmerdant adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
German
2 entries- belastend adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- beschwerlich adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃 adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻokua adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Irish
2 entries- tuirsiúil adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- tónáisteach adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Italian
3 entries- gravoso adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- oneroso adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- ostico adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Latin
1 entries- onerōsus adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Middle English
1 entries- hevysum adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- byrdefull adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- byrdefull adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- børefull adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Polish
1 entries- uciążliwy adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Portuguese
1 entries- exigente adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Russian
4 entries- обременительный adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- тя́жкий adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- тягостный adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- тяжёлый adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Spanish
4 entries- agotador adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- arduo adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- cargoso adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- dispendioso adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Ukrainian
1 entries- обтя́жливий adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Welsh
2 entries- beichus adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
- llethol adj (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It is burdensome to have all these as friends; it is enough not to have enemies.
Source: tatoeba (5325255)
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
Source: tatoeba (6203039)
Americans tend to feel so defined by their choices that having an abundance of options can make the weight of each decision, no matter how insignificant, feel more burdensome.
Source: tatoeba (8212737)
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