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over-burden

[ verb oh-ver-bur-dn; noun oh-ver-bur-dn ]SEE DEFINITION OF over-burden
  • as inoverdo
  • as inabuse
  • as intax
  • as intire
  • as inweigh down
  • as inovercharge
  • as inoverload
  • as inoverburden
  • as incongest
  • as inill-treat
  • as inill-use
  • as indrive
  • as inencumber

Synonyms for over-burden

  • exaggerate
  • overestimate
  • overplay
  • overrate
  • overreach
  • overstate
  • overuse
  • overvalue
  • amplify
  • belabor
  • fatigue
  • hype
  • magnify
  • overburden
  • overindulge
  • overload
  • overtax
  • overtire
  • overwork
  • pressure
  • puff
  • stretch
  • be intemperate
  • bite off too much
  • do to death
  • drive oneself
  • go overboard
  • go too far
  • lay it on
  • make federal case
  • not know when to stop
  • pile on
  • run into the ground
  • run riot
  • strain oneself
  • talk big
  • wear down
  • wear oneself out
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Antonyms for over-burden

  • play down
  • compress
  • decrease
  • lessen
  • ignore
  • neglect
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OVER-BURDEN

Fetch out your bread and your grain, and fear not that these little twitterers will ever over-burden the city.

Adding to an already excessive number, they come to over-burden a mother already overwhelmed with progeny.

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