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bowed-down

bowed-down adjective: weighed down with troubles; dejected.

Adjective

bowed-down (comparative more bowed-down, superlative most bowed-down)

  1. Weighed down with troubles; dejected.
    • But, alas! those who are heirs of the future, destined to fill the earth with the immortal and the beautiful, what is their share in the present? the sad and the weary path—the bowed-down and broken heart!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73

Forms of bowed-down

comparativemore bowed-down
superlativemost bowed-down

Questions about bowed-down

What does bowed-down mean?
Bowed-down means weighed down with troubles; dejected.
What part of speech is bowed-down?
Bowed-down is an adjective.

Words near bowed-down in the dictionary

  1. bowed in
  2. bowed out
  3. bowed psalteries
  4. bowed psaltery
  5. bowed to
  6. bowed-down
  7. bowedness
  8. bowel
  9. bowel cancer
  10. bowel cancers
  11. bowel movement

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