Qualities
Synonyms for burdensome
The synonym for burdensome recorded in this bank is taxing, in the sense "not easily borne". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for burdensome
- taxingadjective, in the sense "not easily borne"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for burdensome.
not easily borne
Caring for both parents became a burdensome duty over time.
The true synonym
taxing
Same sentence, swapped: Caring for both parents became a taxing duty over time.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where burdensome stands in the sentence above.
- unwieldy
- forced
- strained
Where burdensome turns up in the game
burdensome is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where burdensome is the trap
- unwieldyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unmanageable, in the sense "difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape", with burdensome sitting one tile away.
Play burdensome
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so burdensome reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company burdensome keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
burdensome is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.