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 Investor anxiety around capital expenditures and sluggish return on massive spending had weighed down tech stocks in recent weeks before markets staged a rally on Tuesday. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Summer can be harsh on skin, so keeping it moisturized is key -- but no one wants to feel weighed down by heavy products. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Ciara who’s not weighed down as much by the conflicts of Summer House past. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026 Operating profit in the April to June period rose by 5% to €574 million but came in below an analyst consensus of €623 million, weighed down by marketing spend. — Linda Pasquini, USA Today, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for weigh down

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There was a better one six minutes later, as the Leeds No 1 had to get down quickly to his left to deny Joshua Zirkzee from 17 yards.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Daisy Sanchez made sure to also give her thanks to the rescue crews who responded to the crash site and had to use ropes to get down the cliff.

— Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of get down

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The knob twists and depresses like a button (with programmable options for both a short and long press).

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
But that’s forcing them to wrestle with the idea that any action taken by a party is illegitimate, anti-democratic rigging — something the other team can use to depress the base.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of depress

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At the same time, Lanterns comes with a set of expectations that will never burden Reacher, an extended B movie of a TV series adapted from a potboiler run of airplane novels.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Investors found out about the company’s troubles in an explosive article published by The Cut last year, which reported that the company was burdened by internal power and relationship struggles.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of burden

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Arabella’s adoptive mother, Leticia McCormack, and her parents, Adella and Stanley Tom, were arrested three months later and accused of torturing the young girl to death.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
During his tenure, more than a dozen teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of torture

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And women, being oppressed in that way in that realm, have been able nonetheless to engage with the more emotional maturity.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Claiming that other people expressing their civil rights is oppressing them, and politicizing what are supposed to be non-partisan parts of how the government works on the state and federal level.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

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