BURDENING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

burdening

verb

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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 Accessing federal funds creates the opportunity for safety and modernization without burdening local taxpayers, according to Friedman. —

Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 There is room for reasonable discussion about how to implement verification without burdening eligible voters. —

Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 And year after year, NYU has routinely been ranked with the dubious distinction of burdening its graduates with more debt than any other university in the United States. —

Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 Haddad said more state support might help higher education institutions keep from raising the fees already burdening graduate students. —

Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026 That faced some controversy from the community who argued the city was erasing their history and burdening them with the cost to change stationery. —

Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026 Polling suggests Californians support taxing corporations more to maintain the state’s social programs without burdening individual residents, who already face costs of living higher than most of the country. —

Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026 True enough, and that’s because lawmakers have insisted on throwing money at problems by burdening Californians with some of the highest taxes in the country. —

Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026 Tariffs are taxes burdening the movement of goods while imposing inefficiencies into the marketplace. —

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

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Below in the courtyard where the big choppers had been loading, the headlights from the cars and trucks surrounding the parking lot were still on to light the way for the choppers.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Wills said focusing on ships directly loading from or headed to Iranian ports would be more straightforward than a broader effort targeting vessels that may have paid transit tolls.

— Steve Beynon, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026