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21weigh down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. push down, pull down, hold down, burden, oppress; see also depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. saddle, encumber, load. see burden III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit,… …
22weigh someone down — 1 my fishing gear weighed me down: BURDEN, saddle, overload, overburden, encumber, hamper, handicap. 2 the silence weighed me down: OPPRESS, depress, l …
23weigh down — Synonyms and related words: ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fetter, go hard with, go ill with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,… …
24burden — burden1 burdener, n. burdenless, adj. /berr dn/, n. 1. that which is carried; load: a horse s burden of rider and pack. 2. that which is borne with difficulty; obligation; onus: the burden of leadership. 3. Naut. a. the weight of a ship s cargo.… …
25weigh on — or[weigh upon] {v.} 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. * /The pack weighed heavily on the soldier s back./ 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. * /Sadness weighed on Mary s heart when her kitten died./ * /John s… …
26weigh on — or[weigh upon] {v.} 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. * /The pack weighed heavily on the soldier s back./ 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. * /Sadness weighed on Mary s heart when her kitten died./ * /John s… …
27weigh down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier. [V n P] He wrenched off his sneakers. If they had to swim, he didn t want anything weighing him down... [V P n (not… …
28weigh — v 1. put on the scales, try in the balance, balance, determine the heaviness of; Inf. tip the balance, Inf. tip the scales at; measure, gauge, quantify. 2. consider, contemplate, think over, turn over in one s mind, give thought to, mull over;… …
29burden — 1. noun 1) a financial burden Syn: encumbrance, strain, care, problem, worry, difficulty, trouble, millstone; responsibility, onus, charge, duty, obligation, liability 2) they shouldered their burdens …
30burden — 1. noun a financial burden Syn: responsibility, onus, obligation, liability, trouble, care, problem, worry, strain 2. verb avoid burdening them with guilt Syn: oppress, trouble, worry, weigh down …
