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burdened
bur·den B0556800 (bûr′dn)n.1. Something that is carried.2. a. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.b. A source of great worry or stress; weight: The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.3. A responsibility or duty: The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.4. A principal or recurring idea; a theme: "The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy" (J.A. Froude).5. Music a. A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.b. Archaic The chorus or refrain of a composition.c. Archaic The bass accompaniment to a song.6. Nautical a. The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.b. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.7. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.tr.v. bur·dened, bur·den·ing, bur·dens 1. To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress.2. To load or overload.
[Middle English, from Old English byrthen; see bher- in Indo-European roots. Noun, senses 4 and 5, influenced by bourdon.]Synonyms: burden, affliction, albatross, cross, millstone, trial, tribulation
These nouns denote something onerous or troublesome: the burden of a guilty conscience; considered the television an affliction that destroyed the spirit of community; a poorly built home that became his albatross; an unhappy marriage that became a cross to bear; a routine duty that turned into a millstone; a troublemaker who is a trial to the teacher; suffered many tribulations in rising from poverty. See Also Synonyms at substance.burdened (ˈbɜːdənd) adj1. literary oppressed: burdened by guilt and regret. 2. physically encumbered: burdened with heavy camera gear. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | burdened - bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"unburdened - not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities; "unburdened by an overarching theory"- Alex Inkeles | | 2. | burdened - bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"heavy-laden, loaded downencumbered - loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate" |
burdenedadjective laden, weighed down, loaded, freighted, charged They arrived burdened by bags and food baskets.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeburdenburdened
Synonyms for burdenedadj ladenSynonyms- laden
- weighed down
- loaded
- freighted
- charged
Synonyms for burdenedadj bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilitiesAntonymsadj bearing a physically heavy weight or loadSynonymsRelated Words |