burdened
Definition
- Adjective:
- Bearing a physically heavy weight or load: Carrying something heavy, either literally or figuratively, that causes strain or difficulty.
- Bearing a heavy burden of work, difficulties, or responsibilities: Feeling weighed down by duties, problems, or emotional stress.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The old donkey looked burdened under the weight of the sacks. (The donkey appeared to be carrying a very heavy physical load.)
- After the promotion, he felt burdened with new responsibilities. (He felt weighed down by the new duties that came with his job advancement.)
- Her voice was burdened with sadness. (Her voice was heavy with emotional sorrow.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be burdened with/by something": This is the most common construction, indicating what is causing the heavy load.
- The company is burdened with debt. (The company is heavily weighed down by financial obligations.)
- She felt burdened by the secret she had to keep. (She felt the psychological weight of having to hide the truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Burden (noun): A heavy load or something that is difficult to bear.
- The financial burden was too much for the family.
- Burden (verb): To load or trouble someone.
- I don't want to burden you with my problems.
- Unburdened (adjective): Free from a burden; relieved.
- After confessing, he felt unburdened.
Synonyms
- Laden: Heavily loaded or weighed down.
- Encumbered: Hindered or weighed down by something.
- Oppressed: Burdened mentally or physically by something unjust or harsh.
- Weighted down: Pressed down by a heavy weight, either literal or figurative.
Antonyms
- Unburdened: Free from a load or worry.
- Lightened: Having had a load or worry reduced.
- Unencumbered: Not burdened or impeded.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A burden of proof: The obligation to prove one's assertion (a legal term).
- The prosecution has the burden of proof in a criminal trial.
- Beast of burden: An animal used for carrying heavy loads.
- For centuries, the donkey has been used as a beast of burden.
Adjective
- bearing a physically heavy weight or load
- tree limbs burdened with ice
- a heavy-laden cart
- loaded down with packages
- bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities
- she always felt burdened by the load of paper work
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