weighs down
Makes feel heavy
To weigh down is to make heavy or burden.
Physical weight can weigh something down: The snow weighed down the branches.
More often the phrase is figurative—responsibilities, worries, or guilt weigh someone down: She felt weighed down by debt.
The passive weighed down emphasizes the burden's oppressive effect.
- massQuantity of matter
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- loadCarried weight or burden
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
regret · heavy heart · impediment · heaviness · melancholy · grief · drag · leaden · millstone · ball and chain · anxiety · pressure · albatross · anchor · despair · emotional baggage · setback · encumbrance