different between burdensome vs impenetrable
burdensome
English
Etymology
burden +? -some
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.d?n.s?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?.d?n.s?m/
Adjective
burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)
- Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
Synonyms
- (of or like a burden): arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing
Related terms
- burden
Derived terms
Translations
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impenetrable
English
Etymology
From Middle French impenetrable, from Latin impenetrabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?n?t??b?l/, /?m?p?n?t??b?l/
- Hyphenation: im?pen?e?tra?ble
Adjective
impenetrable (not comparable)
- Not penetrable.
- The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
- The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.
- (figuratively) Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
- Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.
- Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.
- When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness.
Synonyms
- (not penetrable): impregnable, unfathomable
- (incomprehensible): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Antonyms
- (not penetrable): penetrable, pregnable, fathomable
- (incomprehensible): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impenetr?bilis.
Adjective
impenetrable (masculine and feminine plural impenetrables)
- impenetrable
Further reading
- “impenetrable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impenetrable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impenetrable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impenetrable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impenetr?bilis.
Adjective
impenetrable (plural impenetrables)
- impenetrable
Further reading
- “impenetrable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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