care-laden
- adjective
- /ˈkɛrˌleɪdən/
- Literature
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cargado de preocupaciones
- His care-laden expression revealed the stress he tried to hide from others.
Examples
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She walked into the room, her face care-laden after a long day.
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She felt care-laden after hearing the bad news.
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The novel portrays a care-laden protagonist struggling with personal losses.
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The care-laden expressions on their faces were hard to ignore.
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After years of stress, she found herself with a care-laden expression as she reflected on her life.
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He walked through the crowd with a care-laden look, thinking about all the responsibilities he had to manage.
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The care-laden parent worried about her child's future during the challenging times.
Synonyms
363
4.5
Causing strong sadness or a feeling of burden
41
7.0
Full of worry, danger, or strong feelings
16
5.5
Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness
6
4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
1
4.6
Having too much work or responsibility to manage
1
5.4
Feeling very sad and weighed down inside
1
6.5
Weighed down by worry or responsibility
1
5.3
Having more work, duties, or worry than you can handle
Feeling very weighed down by work, problems, or responsibilities
Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired
Feeling very sad and down
Antonyms
How Worried
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word care-laden is made from care and laden, where care means 'worry' and laden means 'loaded' or 'heavy with'. So, to be care-laden is like carrying a heavy bag full of worries, which explains the meaning 'burdened with worries'.