to weigh on

Examples

• All

• Is it weighing on your conscience?

  The Assassin's Code (2018)

• Doesn't it weigh on you that the world might be ending?

  Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

• Seriously, this has been weighing on my mind.

  Knucklebones (2016)

• I think it's been weighing on him.

  Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

• This has been weighing on me for some time.

  Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

• Does it weigh on you?

  MaXXXine (2024)

• Something is weighing on you.

  Thoroughbreds (2018)

• His seriousness led the student to believe that something was weighing on his mind.

  Academic text (2005)

• There's something I've been meaning to tell you, something that's been weighing on me ever since our divorce.

  My Name Is Bruce (2007)

• The recent events have been weighing on her heart, making her feel anxious and troubled.

Synonyms

P

to press

vsto weigh on

139 5.9

Weigh heavily on someone, causing worry or distress

focuses on causing personal feelings of sadness or pressure rather than duty

W

to weigh down

vsto weigh on

9 4.9

Make someone feel sad or worried

causes worry or pressure more broadly, not only sadness

H

to hang heavy

vsto weigh on

2 8.6

To create a dark, worrying feeling that stays with people

causes worry, sadness, or pressure in someone rather than just existing

W

to weigh on someone's mind

vsto weigh on

1 6.0

To make someone feel worried for a long time

causes worry or sadness but not always long ongoing preoccupation

H

to hang over someone's head

vsto weigh on

7.6

Keep someone worried about something bad that might happen

causes worry or pressure but not specifically about a future threat

Antonyms

R

to relieve

166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

L

to lighten

26 2.5

To make a load or worry feel less heavy

How Burdensome

to torment

• NSFW

107 7.2

to plague

121 5.6

to weigh on

23 5.2

to worry

∞ 1.0

to bother

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology