burdened
adj 1: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or
responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load
of paper work" [ant: unburdened]
2: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs
burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with
packages" [syn: burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down]
burdened
1. If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work.
Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $11 billion...They may be burdened by guilt and regret.ADJ: v-link ADJ with/by n
2. If you describe someone as burdened with a heavy load, you are emphasizing that it
is very heavy and that they are holding it or carrying it with difficulty.
Anna and Rosemary arrived burdened by bags and food baskets.ADJ: v-link ADJ with/by n [emphasis]
Burden \Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burdening.]
1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a
heavy load upon; to load.
I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
--2 Cor. viii.
13.
2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload;
as, to burden a nation with taxes.
My burdened heart would break. --Shak.
3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a
burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
--Coleridge.
Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
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