burdened

comparative more burdened · superlative most burdened

1. Encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with.

   Not any more burdened by modesty than you used to be, I perceive, young lady.

   2023, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, More About Peggy, page 27

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   Caregivers who do not feel burdened are unlikely to perceive a need for services.

   1990, Confused Minds, Burdened Families, page 114

   When my clients describe themselves as the black sheep in their families, they often feel very burdened.

   2022, Destini Ann Davis, Very Intentional Parenting

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of burden

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   In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.

   1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760