burdened

English

Adjective

burdened (comparative more burdened, superlative most burdened)

1. encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with.
   • 1990, Confused Minds, Burdened Families, page 114:

     Caregivers who do not feel burdened are unlikely to perceive a need for services.

   • 2022, Destini Ann Davis, Very Intentional Parenting:

     When my clients describe themselves as the black sheep in their families, they often feel very burdened.

   • 2023, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, More About Peggy, page 27:

     Not any more burdened by modesty than you used to be, I perceive, young lady.

Derived terms

• burdenedness

 

Verb

burdened

1. simple past and past participle of burden
   • 1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:

     In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.