to overburden

Examples

• All

• Such an arrangement would also reduce pressure on Calcutta's already overburdened port.

  Academic text (1998)

• Mosten and others point out that mediation can help relieve pressures on overburdened courts as well as on anxious, divorcing couples.

  Academic text (1998)

• One thing you should realize is that here we are overburdened with work... we are government doctors, yeah.

  Academic text (2010)

• But if he loved you so much, he wouldn't want to overburden you in the first place, you know what I'm saying?

  Stephan Speaks

• And if you overburden yourself with guilt and take yourself out, you're going to hurt people around you.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• I think that when someone is feeling like they're overburdened, it takes some compassion to realize that and help them out.

  Murder at Hollow Creek (2024)

• Federal courts are overburdened enough without all your docket-clogging nonsense.

  Big Eyes (2014)

• Children in rural areas can help overburdened parents by fetching water or fuelwood.

  Academic text (1995)

• In your essay, you mention overcrowded hospitals and an overburdened medical system in Ontario.

  Blog text (25)

• He often feels overburdened by the many tasks he has to complete each day at work.

Synonyms

O

to overwhelm

vsto overburden

88 3.9

Give someone too much work or problems so they cannot cope

focuses on overloading with tasks or pressure rather than only stress

B

to burden

vsto overburden

77 3.7

To give someone a heavy load or a difficult task

means giving an excessive load beyond what someone can manage

O

to overextend

vsto overburden

19 6.3

To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain

refers instead to assigning too much work or responsibility to someone

O

to overwork

vsto overburden

15 4.1

To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill

is broader, covering any excessive assignment of duties or pressure

O

to overexert

vsto overburden

4 6.5

Make more effort than your body or mind can handle

involves assigning too much work or pressure to someone else

O

to overexert oneself

vsto overburden

3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

is about giving too much work or responsibility to a person

O

to overtax

vsto overburden

2 5.6

Put too much strain on someone or something so they cannot cope

is the same idea but emphasizes overload of work or duties

O

to overcharge

vsto overburden

2 4.3

To put too much weight on something so it becomes unsafe

is the broader act of assigning too much responsibility or pressure

O

to overdrive

vsto overburden

1 6.3

To make someone work too hard until they are tired

stresses assigning excessive responsibilities rather than just intense use

P

to pile on the pressure

vsto overburden

1 4.4

To give someone more stress to make them change their mind

covers adding too much responsibility or pressure in a general way

O

to overstretch

vsto overburden

1 5.5

To push someone or something beyond what they can manage

is the act of overloading someone with work or duties

O

to overstress

vsto overburden

1 4.4

To put too much strain on the body or mind

is specifically about overloading with duties, not only causing strain

S

to swamp someone with tasks

vsto overburden

• Informal

6.3

To give someone more work than they can do

is the general act of assigning excessive work or responsibility

O

to overfatigue

vsto overburden

8.4

To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well

refers to giving too much work or responsibility that leads to overload

Antonyms

D

to delegate

45 3.7

To give a job and authority to someone so they do it for you

L

to lighten

26 2.5

To make a load or worry feel less heavy

How Burdened

to overwhelm

88 3.9

to overburden

12 5.9

to burden

77 3.7

to assign

487 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology