burdened
Carrying heavy loads
Burdened means weighed down by a heavy load, whether physical or figurative.
A burdened mule carries too much weight; a burdened conscience carries guilt.
Someone burdened with debt or responsibilities struggles under their weight.
The word emphasizes the strain of carrying something difficult: She felt burdened by everyone's expectations.
Heavily weighted down
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- loadedWeighted or wealthy
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- carryingHolding and moving
hauling · lugging · bearing · shouldering · weighted · straining
Required by duty
- duty-boundMorally required to act
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- indebtedOwing thanks or money
committed · answerable · liable · bound · beholden · encumbered · saddled · yoked
Defeated by sheer volume
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- taxedHad levy imposed
exhausted · stretched thin · overextended · burnt out · fatigued · pressured · strained · snowed under
Owing thanks or money
- debt-ladenCarrying heavy financial obligations
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
- mortgagedPledged as debt security
- owingYet to be paid
bankrupt · insolvent · underwater · overleveraged · strapped · encumbered
Experiencing distress or anxiety
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- guilt-riddenTormented by remorse
grief-stricken · anguished · heavy-hearted · sorrowful · tormented · haunted · careworn · conscience-stricken
laden
Heavily weighted down
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- loadedWeighted or wealthy
- encumberedMade difficult to move
carrying · hauling · lugging · bearing · shouldering · weighted · straining
obligated
Required by duty
- duty-boundMorally required to act
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
indebted · committed · answerable · liable · bound · beholden · encumbered · saddled · yoked · tied down
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
taxed · exhausted · stretched thin · overextended · burnt out · fatigued · pressured · strained · snowed under · harried
indebted
Owing thanks or money
- debt-ladenCarrying heavy financial obligations
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
- mortgagedPledged as debt security
owing · bankrupt · insolvent · underwater · overleveraged · strapped · encumbered
troubled
Experiencing distress or anxiety
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
guilt-ridden · grief-stricken · anguished · heavy-hearted · sorrowful · tormented · haunted · careworn · conscience-stricken · remorseful
- burdensload, onus, obligations, weight, encumbrance
- burdenedladen, loaded, weighed down, overloaded, encumbered
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- Overloadedpacked, stuffed, crammed, jammed, full
- tightnesstight, taut, snug, constricting, compressed
burdenedunburdened
Freed from a load
unloaded · lightened · unencumbered · disburdened · relieved
burdenedcarefree
Free from anxiety
unburdened · lighthearted · untroubled · comforted · alleviated
burdenedunencumbered
Free from hindrances
free · unburdened · liberated · released · unobligated
- shared burden
- beast of burdenAnimal used for hauling
- debt burdenTotal owed obligations weighing down
- burden of proofDuty to prove allegations
- tax burdenAmount owed to government
- shoulder the burdenAccept a difficult duty
burden, burdens, unburden, burdening, unburdened, overburden, overburdened, overburdens