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heavy-laden

heavy-laden

1 6.5
Weighed down by worry or responsibility
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛviˈleɪdən/
translation icon : cargado de preocupaciones
  • Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden?

Examples

  • Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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  • Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

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  • 28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

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  • After a long week at work, he felt heavy-laden with worries about his family's future.

  • The students were heavy-laden with assignments as the semester came to an end.

  • She walked home, heavy-laden by the responsibilities of caring for her elderly parents.

Synonyms

laden
vsheavy-laden
16 5.5

Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness

is narrower, focusing specifically on worries and responsibilities
weighed down
vsheavy-laden
  • Informal
6 4.5

Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired

focuses more on inner cares and ongoing personal responsibilities
overloaded
vsheavy-laden
3 4.2

Has more than it can safely hold, for example weight, work, or electricity

speaks more to personal cares and ongoing responsibilities
bowed down
vsheavy-laden
1 6.5

Very tired and weighed down by too much work or worry

describes the internal burden of cares rather than visible posture
loaded down
vsheavy-laden
1 4.6

Having too much work or responsibility to manage

leans more toward emotional weight and ongoing personal concerns
overburdened
vsheavy-laden
1 5.3

Having more work, duties, or worry than you can handle

can mean being troubled by cares without implying excess beyond coping
overladen
vsheavy-laden
1 7.0

Carrying more weight or things than it can safely hold

refers more to feeling burdened by cares than physical overload
burdened
vsheavy-laden
3.8

Feeling very weighed down by work, problems, or responsibilities

emphasizes emotional cares and burdens rather than specific tasks
care-laden
vsheavy-laden
  • Literature
8.6

Full of worry and sadness because of problems

covers those worries but also includes duties and external problems
saddled
vsheavy-laden
5.1

Having an unwanted duty or problem you must deal with

is a broader state of being weighed down by cares and duties
encumbered
vsheavy-laden
7.1

Not able to move easily because of heavy things or too many duties

focuses instead on mental weight and ongoing personal concerns
weighted
vsheavy-laden
4.1

Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired

tends to stress emotional cares and lasting responsibilities instead

Antonyms

1 2.1

With very little luggage when travelling

1 5.5

Not having worries or responsibilities

How Burdened

overburdened
1 5.3
heavy-laden
1 6.5
burdened
3.8
untroubled
4 3.5

Surface Forms

heavy-laden positive

Morphology

heavy-laden = heavy + laden (transparent) = heavy + laden

The meaning is directly composed from 'heavy' + 'laden' indicating being burdened or weighed down.

Etymology

Heavy-laden comes from two plain parts: heavy ('weighing a lot') and laden ('carrying a load'). So picture a person 'loaded down' with weight—this image helps explain why the word means being burdened by cares or troubles.