weigh down

Questions about weigh down

What does weigh down mean?

weigh down means "be oppressive or disheartening to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for weigh down?

Close synonyms include weigh on, drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of weigh down?

The recorded antonyms are lighten.

Is weigh down a common word?

weigh down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.