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| overweight |
to burden with too much weight. [1/4 definitions] |
| overwhelm |
to load or burden with an excess of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| pressure |
a constraining influence or burden, as on the mind. [1/4 definitions] |
| responsibility |
a burden, duty, or obligation for which one is responsible. [1/3 definitions] |
| saddle |
to burden with a load, obligation, or responsibility. [1/9 definitions] |
| shoulder |
to take on (a burden or responsibility). [1/8 definitions] |
| shrug off |
to disclaim, give up, or rid oneself of (a burden, responsibility, or the like). [1/3 definitions] |
| swamp |
to burden or overcome; overwhelm. [1/5 definitions] |
| the last straw |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| the straw that broke the camel's back |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| unburden |
to remove a burden from. [2 definitions] |
| weigh |
to burden; oppress (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon"). [1/6 definitions] |
| weight |
a psychological burden. [2/13 definitions] |
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