SADDLED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

saddled

verb

past tense of saddle

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case

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Recent Examples of saddled Liliom obviously could have made different choices and not saddled Julie with a child and unimaginable grief. — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 New York — The Iran war has saddled Americans with a massive energy bill that continues to mount as the conflict drags on. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 The ranchers said the park service saddled them with excessive rules and regulations. — 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 Barkley hadn’t always been saddled by lackluster Knicks games; in 2010-11, New York was afforded a grand total of zero national TV dates. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026 The Global Financial Crisis had saddled GE Capital, long its biggest profitmaker, with mountainous debt. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 July 2026 This created not just a current budget drain but also saddled us with long-term pension costs. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026 The most obvious comp is that Disney couldn’t buy Fox’s TV networks because doing so would’ve saddled Disney with two broadcast networks, ABC and Fox, and that’s a big regulatory no-no. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 June 2026

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Moore spent several minutes on the field before being loaded onto a cart and taken to Los Angeles General Medical Center by ambulance.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Trader Joe’s is also loaded up with all things miniature this year.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of loaded

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In 2024, the most recent year with available data, more than 41% of households were burdened in both San Bernardino and Riverside County.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Children are often burdened with caregiving for a family member, creating additional stress in their lives.

— Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of burdened

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Beyond the walls of the company’s London headquarters, which is filled with thousands of its plushy pink octopus mascots, Jackson’s empire may look like an unwieldy one.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Around the three-and-a-half-hour mark of the race, the finish-line medical tent filled.

— Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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