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Antonyms for weighed down

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wey
Phonetic Transcription : weɪ

Definition of weighed down

Origin :
  • Old English wegan "find the weight of, have weight, lift, carry," from Proto-Germanic *weganan (cf. Old Saxon wegan, Old Frisian wega, Dutch wegen "to weigh," Old Norse vega, Old High German wegan "to move, carry, weigh," German wiegen "to weigh"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (cf. Sanskrit vahati "carries, conveys," vahitram "vessel, ship;" Avestan vazaiti "he leads, draws;" Greek okhos "carriage;" Latin vehere "to carry, convey;" Old Church Slavonic vesti "to carry, convey;" Lithuanian vezu "to carry, convey;" Old Irish fecht "campaign, journey").
  • The original sense was of motion, which led to that of lifting, then to that of "measure the weight of." The older sense of "lift, carry" survives in the nautical phrase weigh anchor. Figurative sense of "to consider, ponder" (in reference to words, etc.) is recorded from mid-14c.
  • verb depress
Example sentences :
  • It weighed down her body as well, though that mattered little indeed.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The great pines were weighed down to the ground by masses of snow.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • But you must remember that it was not for himself that Arthur was so weighed down.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I am weighed down with shame, my poor Rene, for having so misjudged you.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Liberate their conscience from the materialism by which it is weighed down.
  • Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
  • She was weighed down to the earth, and she could not rid herself of the burden that oppressed her.
  • Extract from : « Hope and Have » by Oliver Optic
  • Weighed down by his good-sense and kindness, Josephine resisted no longer in words.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • Still I did not move, weighed down by a profound discouragement.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • The noble Duchess was just then weighed down with other cares.
  • Extract from : « Complete Short Works » by Georg Ebers
  • Weighed down with grief though she was, she managed to smile back.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea

Synonyms for weighed down

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