Irksome vs Burdensome - What's the difference?
irksome | burdensome |
Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
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:
As adjectives the difference between irksome and burdensome
is that irksome is disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.irksome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
Anagrams
*burdensome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
