transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English weghen down
1. : to cause to bend down or sink : overburden
branches weighed down with fruit
faculty members … already weighed down with heavy teaching loads — Educational & Psychological Measurement
the term, being so weighed down with false meaning — M.F.A.Montagu
2. : oppress , depress
a melancholy damp … to weigh thy spirits down — John Milton
a black depression weighed me down — Kenneth Roberts