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burdenous

burdenous adjective: heavy; oppressive.

Adjective

burdenous (comparative more burdenous, superlative most burdenous)

  1. (obsolete) Heavy; oppressive.

Forms of burdenous

comparativemore burdenous
superlativemost burdenous

Origin of burdenous

From burden + -ous.

Questions about burdenous

What does burdenous mean?
Burdenous means heavy; oppressive.
What part of speech is burdenous?
Burdenous is an adjective.

Words near burdenous in the dictionary

  1. burdeneth
  2. burdenful
  3. burdening
  4. burdenless
  5. burdenlessness
  6. burdenous
  7. burdens
  8. burdens of production
  9. burdens of proof
  10. burdensome
  11. burdensomely

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