load down
Pile stuff onto
To load down is to burden heavily with weight or responsibility.
You load down a pack mule with supplies, or feel loaded down with work before a deadline.
The phrase emphasizes excess—not just carrying something, but carrying too much: We were loaded down with groceries.
She's loaded down with debt.
Heavily weighted down
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- packGroup or compress
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- cargoTransported goods
freight · luggage · baggage · payload · parcels · packages · saddle · ballast
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- slammedClosed with violent force
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- backloggedHaving accumulated unfinished work
overcommitted · stretched thin · overwhelmed · deadline · crunch · overtime · understaffed · multitasking
Defeated by sheer volume
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
taxed · strained · pressured · exhausted · overextended · troubled · careworn · heavy-hearted
laden
Heavily weighted down
cargo · freight · luggage · baggage · payload · parcels · packages · saddle · ballast · heft
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
backlogged · overcommitted · stretched thin · overwhelmed · deadline · crunch · overtime · understaffed · multitasking · juggling
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
overburdened · taxed · strained · pressured · exhausted · overextended · troubled · careworn · heavy-hearted · oppressed