burdened

verb

Definition of burdenednext
past tense of burden
1
as in loaded
to place a weight or burden on burdened the dog with a little backpack

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2
as in troubled
to make sad refuses to let everyday problems burden her

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Recent Examples of burdened In Manhattan, a household would need to earn about $199,800 a year to avoid being considered rent-burdened based on StreetEasy’s median rents for July 2026. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 Despite digitizing clinical records, EHRs often burdened physicians with extensive data entry, reducing patient interaction and leading to workarounds like medical scribes. — Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In fact, some 87% of extremely low-income Coloradans, or those who support a family of four on less than US$43,200 per year, are considered cost-burdened. — Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 The composite score of cumulative impacts reflects communities in Chicago that are most burdened by pollution and most vulnerable to its effects. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Homeowner associations and ecologists argued for more lenient rules, saying plants carried health benefits and stricter regulations burdened homeowners. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Already burdened by debt, the family was surviving on his odd jobs. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 The Supreme Court ruled parents were entitled to notice and an opportunity to excuse their children from instruction that substantially burdened their religious exercise. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 Months later, the Justice Department released a report alleging the Biden administration used prosecutions, policies, and regulatory actions in ways that burdened religious Americans. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdened
  1. loaded
  2. troubled
  3. filled
  4. depressed
  5. saddled
  6. oppressed
  7. worried
  8. tortured
Verb
  • San Diego loaded the bases with one out before Rengifo doubled to right for a 3-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday, his only real trouble was in the fifth inning, when a soft single, a line drive and a bunt hit loaded the bases with one out.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of loaded
Verb
  • Following Hickerson’s first arrest in 2019, a Hickerson family source told Us Weekly that his family was troubled by their relationship, the Daily Mail reported.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hathaway stars as Kym, the titular bride’s (Rosemarie DeWitt) troubled younger sister.
    — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of troubled
Verb
  • Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • From large platters just begging to be filled with hors d’oeuvres to trays made for serving batch cocktails, our picks for the best platters are well-crafted and meant for regular (if not daily) use.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of filled
Verb
  • In addition, the way graduation rates are reported across BIE schools was changed to address flawed data collection that previously depressed the numbers.
    — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Rising costs of components, supply chain constraints, and weaker consumer demand that are all partly linked to the Iran war have depressed smartphone sales in much of the continent, resulting in the slowest growth of shipments to Africa in two years, research firm Omdia said.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Definition of depressed
Verb
  • The ranchers said the park service saddled them with excessive rules and regulations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Thus, when the National Research Act of 1974 became law, requirements for ethics reviews leaned on local IRBs and saddled local universities and research organizations with the financial and legal risks of reviewing research protocols.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of saddled
Verb
  • And women, being oppressed in that way in that realm, have been able nonetheless to engage with the more emotional maturity.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Man oppressed woman legally, economically, socially, educationally, morally, professionally and religiously.
    — Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of oppressed
Verb
  • Longer-term yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasuries were mostly flat, suggesting investors aren’t worried that higher rates will be needed for a long stretch of time to fight inflation.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia also said that Amazon Web Services would purchase 2 million of its graphic processors, offering an encouraging sign for investors worried that hyperscaler spending could shrink.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of worried
Verb
  • The Assad regime fell in 2024, but the bodies of Khalil’s two friends were never recovered; their families assumed that they had been tortured, killed, and buried in a mass grave.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • One of Nader’s grandsons, Shah Rukh, was tortured by a greedy court eunuch named Agha Muhammad to force him to reveal the location of the invaluable diamond.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of tortured

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“Burdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdened. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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