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saddled

saddled

5.1
Having an unwanted duty or problem you must deal with
  • adjective
  • /ˈsæd.əld/
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  • She was saddled with the responsibility of organizing the entire event by herself, despite her heavy workload.

And he and so they were saddled with debt and no electricity in his house, like as poor as poor gets.

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Examples

  • But lots of people get in touch with Damian and I and they say they've got the passion, they've got the drive, but they are saddled with regret.

  • And Stokes argues that the niever Bush saddled the country with a disconnected system.

  • So, yeah, she, she saddled us with this, it sounds like.

  • So then that saddled the party with a a British like short campaign season for them.

  • And he and so they were saddled with debt and no electricity in his house, like as poor as poor gets.

  • So then they went saddled with a name that speaks of sin and, and just misunderstood for an incredibly long time.

  • And somehow we get saddled with, well, do the best you can, and that's good enough for us and it shouldn't be.

  • You get the oboe here now he's now he's saddled with a Nobel.

  • They were my host, so I had carte blanche and they didn't like the idea that they were being saddled with the guilt of those murderers.

  • Many employees feel saddled with additional tasks that are not part of their job descriptions.

Synonyms

on the hook
vssaddled
  • Informal
26 7.7

Responsible for paying or doing something, often unwillingly

emphasizes being given an unwanted duty rather than a formal obligation
laden
vssaddled
16 5.5

Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness

refers more narrowly to receiving an unwanted responsibility or duty
weighed down
vssaddled
  • Informal
6 4.5

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

is used when the pressure comes from an assigned unwanted obligation
overloaded
vssaddled
3 4.2

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

highlights an imposed unwanted duty rather than safety or capacity issues
to cursed with
vssaddled
3 7.4

To have something bad or unwanted that causes problems

focuses specifically on being burdened with an unwanted duty or problem
loaded down
vssaddled
1 4.6

Having too much work or responsibility to manage

specifies that the burden is an unwanted duty or responsibility
overburdened
vssaddled
1 5.3

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

implies being forced to accept an unwanted responsibility rather than mere excess
heavy-laden
vssaddled
1 6.5

Weighed down by worry or responsibility

stresses having a specific unwanted duty or problem
burdened
vssaddled
3.8

Feeling very weighed down by work, problems, or responsibilities

is about being given unwanted duties or specific obligations
encumbered
vssaddled
7.1

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

focuses on having an unwanted responsibility rather than physical hindrance
care-laden
vssaddled
  • Literature
8.6

Full of worry and sadness because of problems

is about having an imposed, unwanted duty rather than only worries
weighted
vssaddled
4.1

Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired

specifies the heaviness comes from an unwanted responsibility or duty

Antonyms

1.0

Able to act as you want without limits

1 5.5

Not having worries or responsibilities

Compounds

9.9

A poisonous mushroom with a saddle-shaped dull yellow or brown cap

How Burdened

overstressed
2 5.1
overburdened
1 5.3
saddled
5.1
unburdened
1 5.5

Surface Forms

saddled positive

Morphology

saddled = saddle (semi-transparent) = saddle + ed

Formed from 'saddle' + '-ed' but used metaphorically to mean 'burdened with', so the relation is clear but not strictly literal.

Etymology

The word saddled is also used to mean 'burdened' or given an unwanted task, from the image of putting a heavy saddle or load on an animal. That's why to be saddled with work or debt means to be stuck with a heavy burden.