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unburden

/ʌnˈbɜːdn̩/US/ʌnˈbɝdn̩/

unburden verb: to free from burden, or relieve from trouble.

Verb

unburden (third-person singular simple present unburdens, present participle unburdening, simple past and past participle unburdened)

  1. (transitive) To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
    Synonyms:
    empty

unburden meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

unburden in Tamil

சுமையகற்று

unburden in Urdu

دل کا بوجھ ہٹانا, جی ہلکا کرنا

unburden in Malayalam

ചുമടിറക്കുക, തുറന്നുപറഞ്ഞ് ഉത്കണ്ഠനീക്കുക, ഹൃദയഭാരമിറക്കിവയ്ക്കുക

unburden in Kannada

ಭಾರ ಕಡಮೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹೊರೆ ಕಳಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹೃದಯದ ಭಾರ ಇಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಅಂತರಂಗದ ಆತಂಕಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳು

Synonyms of unburden

Forms of unburden

third-person singular presentunburdens
present participleunburdening
past participleunburdened
pastunburdened

Origin of unburden

From un- + burden.

Words formed from unburden

Words that rhyme with unburden

Questions about unburden

What does unburden mean?
Unburden means to free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
What is unburden in Tamil?
Unburden in Tamil is சுமையகற்று. See Unburden meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unburden?
Unburden is a verb.
How do you pronounce unburden?
Unburden is pronounced /ʌnˈbɜːdn̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of unburden?
The past tense of unburden is unburdened.

Words near unburden in the dictionary

  1. unbunkered
  2. unbuoyancy
  3. unbuoyant
  4. unbuoyantly
  5. unbuoyed
  6. unburden
  7. unburdened
  8. unburdenedness
  9. unburdener
  10. unburdeners
  11. unburdening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unburden (page history and authors); unburden (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unburden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unburden (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unburden (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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