burdensome Play adjectiveDifficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing. SYNONYMS an impositionarduousawkwardback-breakingcrushingdemandingdifficultexactingexhaustingexigentfatiguingformidablegruellingharshHerculeaninconvenientirksomelaboriousonerousoppressivepunishingrigorousseverestiffstrenuousstressfulstringenttaxingtiringtoilsometroublesometryinguphillvexatiouswearingwearisomeweightyworrisome