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

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

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