be weighed down by/with something• She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant, it was almost pleasant.• The restwere weighed down by an accumulation of debtsincurred during the wars and naturaldisasters of the precedingcentury.• She was weighed down by it.• These boroughs, like the London borough of Newham, are weighed down with more than their fair share of problems.• Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones.• She told teachers she was weighed down by the responsibilities of looking after her three younger sisters, including a nine-month-old baby.• His successorswere weighed down by the sense of duty.