weigh down

verb

weighed down; weighing down; weighs down

transitive verb

1
: to cause to bend down : overburden
2

Examples of weigh down in a Sentence

all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Pickaxe weighed down with regrets of the dead and still alive alike. Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 The result is easy to sip mid- or post-workout without feeling weighed down. Francesca Krempa, SELF, 7 Aug. 2025 Energy is the laggard, weighed down in large part by declines in shares of ExxonMobil and Chevron , by far the two largest constituents in the sector. Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025 But the annoying truth is that the Birds of Prey weigh down Birds of Prey. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for weigh down

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of weigh down was in the 14th century

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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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