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burdened

burdened adjective: encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with. Also the simple past and past participle of burden.

Adjective

burdened (comparative more burdened, superlative most burdened)

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

Also used as

burdened is also the simple past and past participle of burden.

burdened meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi and Gujarati

burdened in Bengali

ভারাক্রান্ত

burdened in Kannada

ಹೊರೆಯಾಯಿತು

burdened in Punjabi

ਬੋਝ ਲੱਗਾ ਹੋਇਆ

burdened in Gujarati

બોજો પડ્યો
More languagesFewer languages
burdened in Odia
ଭାରାକ୍ରାନ୍ତ, ବୋଝଗ୍ରସ୍ତ

Examples of burdened in a sentence

  • I bequeath my farm to my brother John on condition that he bequeath it to his son Peter. The farm is entailed or burdened by a fideicommissum.
  • I guess many of us were burdened by an inferiority complex because we were from the eastside.
  • Lacking understanding, he is burdened by questions."

All 19 example sentences with burdened

Forms of burdened

comparativemore burdened
superlativemost burdened

Words formed from burdened

Questions about burdened

What does burdened mean?
Burdened means encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with.
What is burdened in Bengali?
Burdened in Bengali is ভারাক্রান্ত. See Burdened meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is burdened?
Burdened is an adjective.

Words near burdened in the dictionary

  1. burden basket
  2. burden baskets
  3. burden of persuasion
  4. burden of production
  5. burden of proof
  6. burdened
  7. burdenedness
  8. burdener
  9. burdeners
  10. burdenest
  11. burdeneth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burdened (page history and authors); burdened (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); burdened (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); burdened (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); burdened (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); burdened (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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