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Antonyms for burdened

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bur-dnd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr dnd


Definition of burdened

Origin :
  • "a load," Old English byrðen "a load, weight, charge, duty;" also "a child;" from Proto-Germanic *burthinjo- "that which is borne" (cf. Old Norse byrðr, Old Saxon burthinnia, German bürde, Gothic baurþei), from PIE root *bher- (1) "to bear, to carry; give birth" (see infer).
  • The shift from -th- to -d- took place beginning 12c. (cf. murder). Archaic burthen is occasionally retained for the specific sense of "capacity of a ship." Burden of proof is recorded from 1590s.
  • adj weighed down
Example sentences :
  • I would sooner you had killed me than burdened my soul with your death.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He is not to be burdened for ever with the sense of his sins.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • At the next moment there was the sound from without of burdened footsteps.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • Especially were they burdened with books on economics and political science.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • The conscience of to-day is burdened with a load well-nigh unbearable.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • For many a year has my conscience been burdened with this offence.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • The manly repentance which burdened his soul reached her heart.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • She was inclined to doubt whether any one among her acquaintances was so burdened.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • Is it just to his memory that it should be burdened with such a mass of what is already antiquated?
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
  • No man can be a leader in the fullest sense who is burdened by a great debt.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

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