Synonyms of saddled

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loaded
• burdened
• filled
• packed
• encumbered
• weighted
• lumbered
• freighted
• weighed
• ladened
• stacked
• laded
• piled
• taxed
• hampered
• heaped
• clogged
• cluttered
• afflicted
• overburdened
• overloaded
• handicapped
• overtaxed
• pressed
• mounded
• oppressed
• strained
• surcharged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloaded
• discharged
• unburdened
• relieved
• disencumbered
• eased
• alleviated
• disburdened
• lightened
• unladed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of saddled

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

Its merger with Musk’s AI startup xAI has saddled it with even more losses. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 June 2026

The psychologists, economists, and happiness advocates have saddled the rest of us with an impoverished and incomplete picture of gratification and its distinctive delights. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Just a forehand shot away from the red clay courts, Auteuil is an authentic pocket of Paris that’s far from the tourist throngs—and the stereotypes sometimes saddled on it by east-leaning Parisians. — Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026

Only 18 women have saddled an entrant. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 May 2026

But in adapting the namesake short story by Manuel Gonzales into a 10-hour season of television, creators Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner have saddled this core conflict with unnecessary and burdensome extensions. — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026

The surprisingly weak employment picture in February adds to the economic uncertainty over the war with Iran, which has caused oil prices to surge more than 40% and saddled business and consumers with higher costs. — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026