burdened Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb weight down with a load
    burthen; weight down; weight; burden.
  2. verb impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
    charge; burden; saddle.
    • He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
  3. adjective bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities
    • she always felt burdened by the load of paper work
  4. adjective satellite bearing a physically heavy weight or load
    loaded down; heavy-laden.
    • tree limbs burdened with ice
    • a heavy-laden cart
    • loaded down with packages

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