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burdensome

English

Etymology

burden +? -some

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.d?n.s?m/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?b?.d?n.s?m/

Adjective

burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

  • (of or like a burden): arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

Related terms

  • burden

Derived terms

Translations

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baffling

English

Verb

baffling

  1. present participle of baffle

Adjective

baffling (comparative more baffling, superlative most baffling)

  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
  2. frustrating

Derived terms

  • baffling wind

Translations

Noun

baffling (plural bafflings)

  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.
    • 1831, The Quarterly Review (London)
      […] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]

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