English → Latin
“burdensome” in Latin
gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardmolestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousoperōsuspainstaking; active, busy, industrious; laboriouslabōriōsuslaborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious, hard-workingingravēscōto become heavy (or heavier); to become burdensome; to become worse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
burdensome
gravis, molestus; incommodus, iniquus; operosus, laboriosas. To be burdensome [Vid. BURDEN, v.] : to be more and more burdensome, ingravescere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for burdensome?
- The usual Latin words for “burdensome” are gravis, molestus, incommodus; also inīquus, operōsus, labōriōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.