Burdensome vs Hurtful - What's the difference?
burdensome | hurtful | Related terms |
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
* 1649 : , Eikonoklastes
* 1890 : George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
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Burdensome is a related term of hurtful.
As adjectives the difference between burdensome and hurtful
is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.burdensome
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Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . 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, taxinghurtful
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Alternative forms
* hurtfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
- Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful .
