WEIGH DOWN Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

weigh down

verb

Definition of weigh down

as in to get down

to make sad all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down

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Recent Examples of weigh down Hair’s Never Thirsty collection, which is designed to deliver lightweight moisture without leaving hair weighed down. — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 Larger, heavier collars could weigh down on the canine’s neck and cause physical strain or injury. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Since the war began, the United States and Europe have expected its mounting costs to weigh down and even imperil Putin. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 Rising Treasury yields in the bond market were also weighing down stocks on Wall Street Wednesday. — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weigh down

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But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
In that, the filmmaker got down to the brass binary tacks of the tech.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of get down

Verb

The throuple moved into faculty housing, where Lakofski withered, depressed by life in a conventional apartment.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Growth in the world’s second-largest economy softened to its slowest in more than three years in the second quarter, as a multiyear property downturn continued to depress consumer demand and investment in real estate and infrastructure.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of depress

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Higher interest rates benefit savers but burden the less solvent with 20% credit card rates and expensive auto loans, and these are the consumers most likely to cut spending.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
About 7 in 10 Hazelwood renters with household income under $50,000 are burdened.

— Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of burden

Verb

But the equity market’s rise this year has been driven primarily by just a few sectors, which troubles some analysts.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
That is why as a mother of three Naperville School District 203 children, I am troubled by the district’s new transportation plan.

— Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of trouble

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