Definitions

heavy-laden

[hev-ee-leyd-n] / ˈhɛv iˈleɪd n /

ADJECTIVE

heavy

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant ample awkward beefy big built bulky burdensome chunky considerable copious corpulent cumbersome cumbrous elephantine enceinte excessive expectant fat fleshy gravid gross hefty huge laden large lead-footed loaded

Example Sentences

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Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

A nation with so much cause for hope should not feel so heavy-laden.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021

But that is such a heavy-laden decision in America.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2016

They had a B-17 heavy-laden with strange apparatus, bristling with instruments like a flying porcupine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The arrival of their trunks and their servants was advertised by the clamor of feet, heavy-laden, in the hall.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson