weighing down

The phrase “weighing down” has 3 syllables: weigh-ing down

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪɪŋ daʊn/


What is synonym and antonym for weighing down?

In the thesaurus, “weighing down” has 34 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for weighing down along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for weighing down

  • afflicting
  • agitating
  • ailing
  • bothering
  • burdening
  • concerning
  • dashing
  • daunting
  • dejecting
  • demoralizing
  • depressing
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismaying
  • dispiriting
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • exercising
  • getting down
  • oppressing
  • perturbing
  • saddening
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • troubling
  • undoing
  • unhinging
  • unnerving
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • worrying

Antonyms for weighing down

  • animating
  • assuring
  • boosting
  • brightening
  • buoying
  • comforting
  • consoling
  • delighting
  • elating
  • elevating
  • encouraging
  • enlivening
  • exciting
  • exhilarating
  • gladdening
  • gratifying
  • heartening
  • inspiring
  • invigorating
  • lifting
  • lightening
  • pleasing
  • reassuring
  • rejoicing
  • solacing
  • soothing
  • stimulating
  • uplifting

Example Sentences

  • The heavy responsibilities were weighing down on her mind.
  • Snow was weighing down the tree branches after the storm.
  • He felt like guilt was weighing down his heart.
  • The overloaded bag was weighing down his shoulder.
  • Stress from work has been weighing down his energy levels.

On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to weighing down, such as: afflicting, agitating, ailing, animating, assuring, boosting, bothering.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • acheronian
  • acherontic
  • aching
  • achy
  • affecting
  • afflicting
  • afflictive
  • agitating
  • agonizing
  • ailing
  • arduous
  • awful
  • bad
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • biting
  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • bothering
  • burdening
  • burning
  • calamitous
  • cantankerous
  • caustic
  • cheerless
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • concerning
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crushing
  • dark
  • dashing
  • daunting
  • dejected
  • dejecting
  • demoralizing
  • deplorable
  • depressant
  • depressed
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • destroyed
  • difficult
  • dire
  • disagreeable
  • disastrous
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disconsolate
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • dismaying
  • dispirited
  • dispiriting
  • disquieting
  • distasteful
  • distressful
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • down
  • down and out
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • downbeat
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • drab
  • dragged
  • dreadful
  • drear
  • dreary
  • droopy
  • dull
  • dusky
  • excruciating
  • exercising
  • extreme
  • extremely bad
  • funereal
  • getting down
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • grave
  • grief-stricken
  • grievous
  • grim
  • grousing
  • grumpy
  • hapless
  • hard
  • harrowing
  • have the blahs
  • heart-rending
  • heart-wrenching
  • heartbreaking
  • heartrending
  • heavy
  • heavy-hearted
  • hopeless
  • hurtful
  • hurting
  • in blue funk
  • inflamed
  • irritated
  • joyless
  • laborious
  • lachrymose
  • lamentable
  • lamenting
  • low
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  • lugubrious
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • mirthless
  • miserable
  • moody
  • moony
  • mopey
  • morose
  • mournful
  • moving
  • nagging
  • oppressing
  • oppressive
  • out of sorts
  • pathetic
  • pensive
  • perturbing
  • piercing
  • piteous
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • poignant
  • raw
  • regrettable
  • rueful
  • sad
  • saddened
  • sensitive
  • serious
  • severe
  • shabby
  • sharp
  • smarting
  • somber
  • sore
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • stinging
  • tear-jerking
  • tearful
  • teary
  • tedious
  • tender
  • tenebrific
  • terrible
  • throbbing
  • tormenting
  • torn-up
  • torturing
  • touching
  • tragic
  • trite
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • trying
  • uncomfortable
  • undoing
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unhinging
  • unnerving
  • unpleasant
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • vexatious
  • wailing
  • weighing down
  • wet blanket
  • wistful
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched

dashing

oppressing

  • afflicting
  • agitating
  • ailing
  • bothering
  • breaking
  • burdening
  • concerning
  • confuting
  • crushing
  • dashing
  • daunting
  • defeating
  • dejecting
  • deluging
  • demoralizing
  • depressing
  • devastating
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismaying
  • dispiriting
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • drowning
  • exercising
  • flooring
  • getting down
  • overcoming
  • overmastering
  • overpowering
  • overwhelming
  • perturbing
  • prostrating
  • refuting
  • rocking
  • saddening
  • shattering
  • sinking
  • snowing under
  • staggering
  • swamping
  • throwing
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • troubling
  • undoing
  • unhinging
  • unmanning
  • unnerving
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • weighing down
  • whelming
  • worrying

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