Meanings
verbweigh down (third-person singular simple present weighs down, present participle weighing down, simple past and past participle weighed down)
present singular third person weighs down · participle present weighing down · participle past weighed down · past weighed down
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek καταβαρύνω, καταβαρύνω
- καταβαρύνω (katabarúnō)to act as ballast
- καταβαρύνω (katabarúnō)to be too much to handle
Finnish painaa, olla painolastina
- painaato act as ballast
- olla painolastinato act as ballast
- painaa liikaato be too much to handle
French alourdir
- alourdirto act as ballast
Latin dēgravō, dēgravō
- dēgravōto act as ballast
- dēgravōto be too much to handle
Māori pōria, tao
- pōriato act as ballast
- taoto act as ballast
Polish obciążać, przytłaczać
- obciążaćto act as ballast
- przytłaczaćto be too much to handle
Romanian împovăra, copleși
- împovărato act as ballast
- copleșito act as ballast
- îngreunato act as ballast
Spanish lastrar
- lastrarto act as ballast
Welsh pwyso i lawr, pwyso i lawr
- pwyso i lawrto act as ballast
- pwyso i lawrto be too much to handle
Cite this entry
APA
weigh down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20down
MLA
“weigh down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weigh down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20down.
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