heavy-laden
- adjective
- /ˈhɛviˈleɪdən/
- Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden?
Examples
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Blog text (27) -
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.
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The students were heavy-laden with assignments as the semester came to an end.
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She walked home, heavy-laden by the responsibilities of caring for her elderly parents.
Synonyms
Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
Has more than it can safely hold, for example weight, work, or electricity
Very tired and weighed down by too much work or worry
Having too much work or responsibility to manage
Having more work, duties, or worry than you can handle
Carrying more weight or things than it can safely hold
Feeling very weighed down by work, problems, or responsibilities
Full of worry and sadness because of problems
Having an unwanted duty or problem you must deal with
Not able to move easily because of heavy things or too many duties
Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired
Antonyms
How Burdened
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.