Definitions for burdensome

burdensome bur·den·some

Spelling: [bur-dn-suh m]
IPA: /ˈbɜr dn səm/

Burdensome is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 757 anagrams from letters in burdensome (bdeemnorsu).

Definitions for burdensome

adjective

  1. oppressively heavy; onerous.
  2. distressing; troublesome.
  3. Nautical. having a full hull form, as a merchant vessel built for capacity rather than speed.

Origin of burdensome

First recorded in 1570-80; burden1 + -some1

Examples for burdensome

And the burdensome one is toilsome, while the delightsome one is pleasurable.

Nay, I'll keep it myself, and not trouble thee with what proved too burdensome for myself.

They'll take your jobs (never mind that you don't want to do the burdensome and humble jobs they are willing to do)!

It is because we do not accept the commandments that the commandments are burdensome.

I do not want to storm at the man who made her life so burdensome.

[T]he Agriculture Department abandoned the costly and burdensome review process it had applied to earlier claims.

The rent of your ditch is high, the expenses of travel are burdensome.

The best way to do this is to minimize the amount of burdensome regulation that we put on them.

People returning home from prison struggle to reconnect with their families, find work and adhere to burdensome parole conditions.

But recently the obligations have gotten significantly more tedious and burdensome.

Word Value for burdensome
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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