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Burdensome vs Lamentable - What's the difference?

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Burdensome is a related term of lamentable.


As adjectives the difference between burdensome and lamentable

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while lamentable is causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

burdensome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.), ยง 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

    lamentable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * lamentability * lamentableness * lamentably