burdening
Placing weight upon
Burdening is loading someone or something with weight, responsibility, or difficulty.
The word usually implies an unwelcome imposition: I hate burdening you with my problems.
It can be physical—burdening a pack animal—but more often refers to emotional or financial strain: The debt was burdening the whole family.
Measuring mass or heft
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- stressingEmphasizing or feeling anxious
- troublingCausing unease or concern
- distressingCausing anguish or worry
guilt-tripping · worrying · pressuring · draining · exhausting · saddening · oppressing · haunting
Allocating work to someone
- obligatingCreating a binding duty
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
saddling · imposing · entrusting · committing · mandating · requiring · expecting · demanding
Creating an owed obligation
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- strainingExerting intense effort
- taxingRequiring great effort
- leveragingUsing for maximum effect
mortgaging · encumbering · obligating · saddling · owing · liabilities · overleveraging · expenses
Adding weight or cargo
- weightingAssigning relative importance values
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- carryingHolding and moving
- heftingLifting to assess weight
lugging · shouldering · bearing · strapping · packing · freighting · portaging · transporting
weighing
Measuring mass or heft
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- stressingEmphasizing or feeling anxious
- troublingCausing unease or concern
distressing · guilt-tripping · worrying · pressuring · draining · exhausting · saddening · oppressing · haunting · tormenting
tasking
Allocating work to someone
- obligatingCreating a binding duty
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
assigning · saddling · imposing · entrusting · committing · mandating · requiring · expecting · demanding · pressing
indebting
Creating an owed obligation
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- strainingExerting intense effort
- taxingRequiring great effort
leveraging · mortgaging · encumbering · obligating · saddling · owing · liabilities · overleveraging · expenses · costs
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- weightingAssigning relative importance values
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- carryingHolding and moving
hefting · lugging · shouldering · bearing · strapping · packing · freighting · portaging · transporting · schlepping
burdeningunburdening
Relieving oneself of weight
unloading · lightening · disburdening · relieving · discharging
burdeningrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
unburdening · alleviating · comforting · easing · soothing
burdeninghelping
Single portion given
aiding · assisting · supporting · facilitating · enabling
burden, burdened, burdens, unburden, unburdened, overburden, disburden, overburdened, overburdens