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Uneasy vs Burdensome - What's the difference?

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Uneasy is a related term of burdensome.


As adjectives the difference between uneasy and burdensome

is that uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.

uneasy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.

Adjective

(er)
  • (rare) Not easy; difficult.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) unesy, . More at .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
  • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=17 citation , passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
    I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
  • Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
  • Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
  • 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