overburden

🇺🇸 /ˌəʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ 🇬🇧 /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to load someone or something with too much work, responsibility, or worry

The teacher felt overburdened with grading all the papers.

translation

v. to load someone or something with too much work, responsibility, or worry

Word Forms

3rd Present overburdens
Past overburdened
Perfect overburdened
Progressive overburdening