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to burthen

to burthen

9.9
To weigh down with a heavy load or worry
  • verb
  • /ˈbɜrðən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cargar
  • The old horse was burthened with heavy sacks of grain along the narrow road.

Examples

  • Don't burthen yourself with unnecessary worries!

  • The ship was burthening under the weight of its precious cargo as it sailed into the harbor.

  • She felt burthened by the constant worries of her family.

  • Why must we burthen ourselves with such worries?

  • The constant demands of work began to burthen him, leaving him exhausted at the end of each day.

  • She felt that the rules burthen her creativity and hindered her ability to express herself fully.

  • Financial troubles can burthen families, making it difficult to enjoy daily life.

Synonyms

to press
vsto burthen
139 5.9

Weigh heavily on someone, causing worry or distress

has an older form and more often names physical loading as well as oppression
to weigh
vsto burthen
89 5.8

To make someone feel worried or burdened

refers more to being loaded physically and used in older language
to burden
vsto burthen
77 3.7

To give someone a heavy load or a difficult task

belongs to archaic usage rather than modern everyday speech
to saddle
vsto burthen
34 7.2

To give someone an unwanted heavy responsibility

focuses on being pressed down or oppressed rather than assigning tasks
to weight
vsto burthen
23 4.4

To press down with a heavy load

means to load down or oppress in older use rather than only physical heaviness
to weigh on
vsto burthen
23 5.2

To cause worry or sadness that stays in someone's mind

is used in older language to mean oppression or physical loading
to encumber
vsto burthen
9 7.6

To make it difficult for someone or something to act

focuses on being oppressed in older language rather than only restricting movement
to weigh down
vsto burthen
9 4.9

Make someone feel sad or worried

is an older term that can mean physical loading as well as emotional pressure
to weight down
vsto burthen
4 4.1

To make someone or something heavy by giving them more to carry

is archaic and also refers to oppressing people rather than only physical heaviness
to load down
vsto burthen
  • Informal
1 4.2

To make someone or something carry too many heavy things

is used in older language to mean being oppressed or very heavy to carry
to cumber
vsto burthen
  • Archaic
9.9

To make movement or progress difficult by being a burden

is an older word meaning to press down or oppress rather than only block movement

Antonyms

to liberate
104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

to lighten
26 2.5

To make a load or worry feel less heavy

How Burdensome

to oppress
152 6.5
to overwhelm
88 3.9
to burthen
  • Archaic
9.9
to encumber
9 7.6
to burden
77 3.7
load
278 1.1

Surface Forms

burthen infinitive
burthened past
burthened past participle
burthening present participle
burthens third person singular

Etymology

Burthen is an old form of burden and comes from a very old word meaning 'to carry', like the simple verb bear. So to burthen someone is to make them 'carry' a heavy load or feel weighed down by worries.