weigh down
[verb]
Synonyms: depress, oppress, press, sadden

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Antonyms: raise (one's spirits)

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weigh somebody down phrasal verb (see also weigh)

1. if something weighs you down, it is heavy and difficult to carry
be weighed down with something
Sally was weighed down with shopping bags.

2. if a problem weighs you down, it makes you feel worried and upset
be weighed down by/with something
He felt weighed down by his responsibilities.
a family weighed down with grief

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

weigh down
weigh (someone) down
1.
to be very heavy for someone to carry.
She checked her bags because she knew they would weigh her down.

The number of keys he carried would have weighed down a band of sturdy men.

2.
to make someone feel tired and weak.
He was weighed down by worries about money.

Old, sad memories weighed her down.

weigh down (something)
to slow the operation or growth of an organization.
The company was weighed down with debt.

Health-care costs weigh the economy down.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

weigh down something
weigh down (something)
to slow the operation or growth of an organization.
The company was weighed down with debt.

Health-care costs weigh the economy down.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

weigh down
1. To make heavy; cause to go down or bend with weight; overload.
The evergreens are weighed down by the deep snow.
■ Often used with "with" or "by".
There are so many children in the back seat that they are weighing down the back of the car.
2a. To overload with care or worry; make sad or low in spirits.
■ Usually used in the passive.
The family is weighed down by sorrow.
The company is weighed down by debt.
2b. To make heavy, hard, or slow; make dull or uninteresting.
■ Often in the passive used with "by" or "with".
The book is weighted down with footnotes.
The TV program is weighed down by commercials.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

weigh someone down
weigh (someone) down
1.
to be very heavy for someone to carry.
She checked her bags because she knew they would weigh her down.

The number of keys he carried would have weighed down a band of sturdy men.

2.
to make someone feel tired and weak.
He was weighed down by worries about money.

Old, sad memories weighed her down.

weigh down (something)
to slow the operation or growth of an organization.
The company was weighed down with debt.

Health-care costs weigh the economy down.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲