saddled
Stuck with responsibility
Saddled means burdened with something unwanted or difficult to manage: saddled with debt, saddled with responsibility for the whole project.
The image comes from placing a saddle on a horse—once it's on, the animal must carry it.
In its literal sense, saddled describes a horse fitted with a saddle and ready to ride.
Sharp-headed fastener
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
- bridleEquine control harness
- girthMeasurement around something
- cinchGuaranteed easy thing
saddlebags · reins · bit · pommel · cantle · saddlecloth · crupper · breastplate
Defeated by sheer volume
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- taxedHad levy imposed
strained · overburdened · hampered · handicapped · impeded · constrained · troubled · afflicted
State of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- chargeCost or accusation
task · debt · burden · mandate · accountability · onus · expectation · requirement
tack
Sharp-headed fastener
cinch · saddlebags · reins · bit · pommel · cantle · saddlecloth · crupper · breastplate · surcingle
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- ladenHeavily weighted down
taxed · strained · overburdened · hampered · handicapped · impeded · constrained · troubled · afflicted · beset
responsibility
State of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
charge · task · debt · burden · mandate · accountability · onus · expectation · requirement · bound
prepared
Made ready beforehand
primed · astride · horseback · riding · seated · positioned · atop
- burdenedburdened, laden, loaded, weighed down, overburdened
saddledunsaddled
Removed riding seat
bareback · barebacked · unsaddle · stripped · untacked
saddledunburdened
Freed from a load
freed · relieved · liberated · unencumbered · released
- back in the saddleResumed after absence
- saddle upPrepare horse for riding
- in the saddleHaving authority or power
- saddle shoesOxfords with contrasting center panel
- side saddleLegs-together riding position
- saddled up
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