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Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

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  1. a. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
  2. adj. not easily borne; wearing
  3. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton. Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. -- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. -- Bur"den*some*ness, n.
  4. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;oppressive.The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.
  5. j:100 s. not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"