Antonyms for burdensome


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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for burdensome

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