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Disheartening vs Burdensome - What's the difference?

disheartening | burdensome | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between disheartening and burdensome

is that disheartening is causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.

As a verb disheartening

is present participle of lang=en.

disheartening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    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

    Related terms

    * burden