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[ adjective ] heavily burdened with work or cares

Examples

"bowed down with troubles" "found himself loaded down with responsibilities" "overburdened social workers" "weighed down with cares"

Used in print

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

Eager as he was to pursue this promising line , he was so loaded_down with the management of the pharmacy and lectures in the medical and pharmaceutical faculties at the university that he could devote only Sunday afternoons to `` galvanizing '' .

Related terms

burdened

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[ adjective ] bearing a physically heavy weight or load

Examples

"tree limbs burdened with ice" "a heavy-laden cart" "loaded down with packages"

Related terms

encumbered

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