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
Quarterback Noah Fifita does not look as burdened with expectations.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Additionally, one of the partners may feel burdened with emotional labor while the other disengages.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In these stories, characters are not burdened with a name, a history, a context, or a unique personality.
—Nathaniel Moore
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Bayrou had argued that young people in France are being burdened with years of debt to accommodate boomers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Prince George is not being burdened by tremendous royal expectations, exposure and scrutiny.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The ruling found the city's ordinance was not narrowly tailored and burdened more speech than necessary.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Rising mortgage rates have further burdened buyers, with monthly payments ballooning beyond reach for many.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Unequal educational opportunities have long disproportionately burdened Southern children.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Additionally, one of the partners may feel burdened with emotional labor while the other disengages.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In these stories, characters are not burdened with a name, a history, a context, or a unique personality.
—Nathaniel Moore
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Bayrou had argued that young people in France are being burdened with years of debt to accommodate boomers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Prince George is not being burdened by tremendous royal expectations, exposure and scrutiny.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The ruling found the city's ordinance was not narrowly tailored and burdened more speech than necessary.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Rising mortgage rates have further burdened buyers, with monthly payments ballooning beyond reach for many.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Unequal educational opportunities have long disproportionately burdened Southern children.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdened
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Within seconds, we were loaded up and speeding away.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Vance was seen carrying Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah, while it was being loaded onto Air Force Two.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fixing Broken Economics BNPL as a business has always been troubled.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Baker highlighted big screen debutant Shih-Yuan Ma, for her performance as the rebellious, troubled older daughter I-Ann.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Right now, the dwarf planet is passing in front of a region of the sky filled with stars.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Her research has shown that lynchings depressed the rate of patent applications by Black Americans, which could have otherwise contributed to innovation and economic growth.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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Officials still at the agency told me that the pileup of new policies, combined with staff departures, has saddled them with heavier workloads.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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Every hour of every day (and most nights), Dye saddled us with challenges of mind and body.—
Charlie Sheen,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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That system brutally enforced racial segregation, which oppressed the Black majority, for 50 years before ending in 1994.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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Traders worried about inflation tend to pour money in gold, which some believe holds an intrinsic value that hedges against rising prices.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some scientists worried such accidents might genuinely threaten our existence.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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The number paid respects to Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was tortured and killed because of his sexuality in 1998.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Soliman fled to the United States in 2014 on a visitor visa and later filed a petition for asylum, describing how security forces over the years had locked him up on false charges and tortured him with electrical shocks.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Burdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdened. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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