burdened

[bˈɚdənd] /ˈbər-dᵊnd How to pronounce burdened (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbɜː.dən/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈɚdənd] /ˈbɝː.dən/ (ame, ipa)

burdened — adjective

  • burdenedpositive
  • more burdenedcomparative
  • most burdenedsuperlative

1. carrying a heavy physical load or living under duties, debt, or worry that feel

1.形容詞B2
釋義

carrying a heavy physical load or living under duties, debt, or worry that feel hard to bear.

例句

The burdened donkey slowed down on the rocky path.

burdened + animal carrying weight

Yuna felt burdened by the debts left after her father's shop closed.

feel burdened by + cause

同義詞
  • weighed down

    very close in meaning and often used for both physical and emotional pressure

  • overloaded

    focuses more on having too much work, too many objects, or too many duties

  • troubled

    emphasizes emotional distress more than the image of carrying a load

反義詞
  • unburdened

    direct opposite; free from the load, duty, or worry

  • light

    mainly the physical opposite when the focus is on weight

文法句型

be burdened with + noun

feel burdened by + cause

burdened + noun

用法筆記

Often appears in the pattern 'be burdened with + noun' for duties, debt, or guilt, and 'burdened by + cause' when the source of pressure is emphasized. Before a noun, it usually describes people, animals, communities, or body parts already carrying weight or strain.

常見錯誤

❌I am burdened about my debts.
✅I am burdened by my debts.' / 'I feel burdened with debt.
💡this adjective usually takes 'by' for the cause or 'with' for the load, not 'about'.
❌a burdened of guilt father
✅a father burdened with guilt
💡when a phrase follows, use 'with' and often place the adjective after the noun.

burdened — verb