WEIGH DOWN Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

weigh down

verb

Definition of weigh down

as in to get down

to make sad all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down

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Recent Examples of weigh down The Nasdaq is lower, weighed down by the post-earnings slides in data-storage makers Sandisk and Western Digital . — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 On the data front, job openings dropped ⁠in June, weighed down by a sharp decline in the healthcare and social assistance sector, but a rise in hiring and low layoffs suggested the labor market remained stable. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026 Investor anxiety around capital expenditures and sluggish return on massive spending had weighed down tech stocks in recent weeks before markets staged a rally on Tuesday. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Summer can be harsh on skin, so keeping it moisturized is key -- but no one wants to feel weighed down by heavy products. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weigh down

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Verb

Holden had arranged this ahead of time with the captain and got down on one knee on the boat.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
The San Francisco 49ers got creative in managing some tough cuts Sunday afternoon to get down to a 53-man roster, letting go of their punter and long snapper.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of get down

Verb

Idaho Dairymen’s Association CEO Rick Naerebout told the Statesman that over the years there has been frustration in the industry with Canada over dairy regulations and trade policies depressing world market prices.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026
This risk is increased markedly when buprenorphine is combined with other substances that depress the central nervous system, particularly alcohol, benzodiazepines, and certain sedating medications.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of depress

Verb

Meanwhile, Fed policy uncertainty, the Middle East situation, and an earnings season burdened with high expectations could all act as catalysts for fresh turbulence.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The two deaths linked to measles that Pennsylvania health officials announced this week set off a flurry of political sparring, misinformation and confusion that only added to the tension over the country’s highest measles burden in 35 years.

— Jason Kane, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of burden

Verb

Commissioner Patricia O’Brien said that while she was troubled by the errors that led to the situation, ultimately the commission needed to be realistic.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Von Neumann himself helped develop it as a potential remedy for some logical inconsistencies with Hilbert space that troubled him.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of trouble

Verb

The lack of federal guidance, conflicting messages and potential barriers to immunizations worry public health officials because vaccination rates are already falling, leading to resurgences of dangerous diseases like measles.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Their narrators worry about the corruption of their music scenes by news presenters, magazine writers, major-label scouts, and (for Goetz especially) academics.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of worry

Verb

The former beauty queen’s family claim that she was tortured by the suspects over dowry demands, reported the BBC.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
After 33 years spent in Italy, Mariano Guerra, an Italian doctor, returns to Argentina to testify at the trial against the former military officers who abducted, tortured and enslaved him during the military dictatorship.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of torture

Verb

And women, being oppressed in that way in that realm, have been able nonetheless to engage with the more emotional maturity.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Claiming that other people expressing their civil rights is oppressing them, and politicizing what are supposed to be non-partisan parts of how the government works on the state and federal level.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of oppress

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