BURDENING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

burdening

verb

present participle of burden

as in loading

to place a weight or burden on burdened the dog with a little backpack

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as in troubling

to make sad refuses to let everyday problems burden her

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Recent Examples of burdening But the evidence does not support the claim that noncitizen voting is occurring at a scale that justifies burdening millions of eligible Americans or overriding state election systems with a sweeping federal mandate. — Reid Ribble, Time, 8 July 2026 Simultaneously, electricity prices continue to outpace inflation, burdening families across the country. — Rachel Mural, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Now, in a June 18 letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division accused the league of potentially burdening the religious rights of the Giants players. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 Simultaneously, electricity prices continue to outpace inflation, burdening families across the country. — Rachel Mural, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 At a time when fossil fuel markets are driving price volatility and burdening families with higher utility bills, wind energy offers a stable, domestic source of power that is not subject to the unpredictable swings of gas prices. — Julianna Larue, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone. — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 Attainable housing can be built in new communities, without burdening existing cities or unincorporated villages. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Formulate federal policies that discourage California lawmakers from burdening its citizens. — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

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The Red Sox squandered a golden opportunity early, loading the bases in the top of the first and coming away empty handed, but made up for it with a big second inning.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
In a market where production costs and inflation are already rising, loading ever more rigid obligations onto a single group of players is not a sustainable way to fund French stories.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

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As a result, many resort to Medi-Cal, saddling the state with the healthcare costs instead of employers.

— Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
That will bring a sweeping reprieve for the nation’s 700,000 stripper wells, boosting Hildebrand’s profits while saddling society as a whole with the climate fallout.

— Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026

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Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s.

— Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
Having been raised not too far from similarly-minded environs, this Turkish critic knows that keeping a pure and noble familial slate in patriarchy often means oppressing women.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 May 2026

Definition of oppressing

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This time, the smiles, the hugs, the radiant joy filling Atlanta Stadium could have powered the entire state of Georgia.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Tacori skipped the orderly line of a tennis necklace, arranging mixed-cut diamonds in two close rows with smaller stones filling the narrow spaces between them.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Definition of filling

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The high-pressure system that’s causing temperature spikes, Ciliberti said, is also depressing much of the particulate matter, pushing it closer to the ground.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The problem is that too many teachers are failing to motivate students, and the peer effect can go both ways, depressing student achievement in places where ambition isn’t valued.

— Mike Goldstein, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026

Definition of depressing

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What unfolds is a unique horror story that is unbelievably entertaining, psychologically torturing and incredibly fun.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Henry Bernard Montgomery, 38, was arraigned Monday afternoon on one count of third-degree killing/torturing animals and given a $20,000 bond with a GPS tether.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of torturing

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Those were the two most common applications of the rules concerning an unplayable ball, but a third option was available to Spieth.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
The finding is concerning as space debris at such high altitudes behaves differently from that circling closer to Earth.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 13 July 2026

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