weigh down

verb

weighed down; weighing down; weighs down

transitive verb

1

: to cause to bend down : overburden

2

: oppress, depress

Synonyms of weigh down

• get down
• bum (out)
• depress
• burden
• trouble
• worry
• torture
• oppress

Examples of weigh down in a Sentence

all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down

Recent Examples on the Web

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Ask Horn about such a reality, though, and the former Colorado Buffaloes star doesn’t seem too weighed down about it. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026

For these banks, large majorities of their IT budgets are focused on maintaining the status quo, leaving them weighed down by the burden of legacy technology. — Jody Bhagat, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The Nasdaq is lower, weighed down by the post-earnings slides in data-storage makers Sandisk and Western Digital . — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for weigh down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown