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burdened - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out*, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow*, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loaded down |
| Synonyms: | burdened, charged, fraught, full, oppressed, taxed, encumbered, hampered, weighed down, weighted |
| Antonyms: | empty, light, unloaded, unladen |
| Main Entry: | oppressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | downtrodden |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, abused, at one's feet, at one's mercy, burdened, destitute, distressed, enslaved, exploited, have-not, helpless, maltreated, mistreated, persecuted, subservient, suppressed, tormented, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | unfortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlucky, bad |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflicted, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, inappropriate, inopportune, lamentable, luckless, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, star-crossed*, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched, ill-starred, in a bad way, infelicitous, jinxed, out of luck, shattered, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | fortunate, good, happy, lucky, timely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handicapped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thwarted |
| Synonyms: | burdened, crippled, disabled, disadvantaged, limited, restrained, restricted, wounded, balked, blocked, checked, curbed, deterred, encumbered, foiled, hampered, impeded, mentally disabled, obstructed, physically challenged, physically disabled, stymied |
| Antonyms: | helped, supported, aided |
| Main Entry: | full |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brimming, filled |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, adequate, big, burdened, bursting, chock-full, competent, complete, crowded, entire, extravagant, impregnated, intact, jammed, laden, lavish, loaded, overflowing, packed, padded, plentiful, profuse, replete, satisfied, saturated, stuffed, sufficient, teeming, voluminous, awash, bounteous, brimful, chockablock, crammed, glutted, gorged, imbued, jam-packed, jammed full, packed like sardines, plenteous, plethoric, running over, sated, satiated, stocked, suffused, surfeited, weighted |
| Antonyms: | empty, incomplete, void |
| Main Entry: | loaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | supplied with a load |
| Synonyms: | brimming, burdened, full, laden, weighted |
| Main Entry: | worrying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | anxious, bothered, burdened, concerned, nervous, pessimistic, disquieted |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, lighthearted, upbeat |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
| Synonyms: | afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, weigh, cumber, lade, transfuse |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
| Synonyms: | burden, choke, close, curb, encumber, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel, congest, dam up, entrammel, stop up |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | discommode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | bother, burden, disoblige, disquiet, disturb, fluster, harass, inconvenience, irk, molest, perturb, put out, trouble, upset, vex, incommode |
| Antonyms: | please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, embarrass, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle, duke in, embrangle, enchain, intertangle, lead on, rope in |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, worry |
| Synonyms: | abrade, afflict, agitate, annoy, bother, burden, chafe, distress, disturb, gall, irk, occupy, pain, perturb, provoke, trouble, try, vex, preoccupy |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon*, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
| Synonyms: | burden, clog, cloy, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog*, inundate, load, overload, overwhelm, pack*, pall, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf*, congest, jade, make a pig of, overfeed, overstock, raven |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, hinder, hold back, impede, limit, restrict, sideline*, hog-tie, put out of commission, take out* |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, further, help, promote, give advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hinder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, slow down |
| Synonyms: | arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamper, hamstring*, handicap, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu*, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel, box in, crab, get in the way, hog-tie, louse up |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lay, levy, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, require, saddle*, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck, force upon, lade, lay down, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | credit, allocate |
| Synonyms: | accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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