Laden
adjective
Heavily loaded or weighed down.
A tree laden with apples
Often appears as...
- laden with guilt
- laden with debt
adjective
Filled with large amount of something.
Her voice was laden with sorrow
Often appears as...
- laden with emotion
- laden with grief
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Heavily loaded or weighed down.
A tree laden with apples
Often appears as...
- laden with guilt
- laden with debt
adjective
Filled with large amount of something.
Her voice was laden with sorrow
Often appears as...
- laden with emotion
- laden with grief
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weight
Use 'laden' to describe objects that carry heavy physical weight.
The donkey was laden with supplies for the journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Laden' can suggest a negative, burdensome presence, not just physical weight.
He returned home, his heart laden with sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Context
'Laden' is often used figuratively to describe being burdened by responsibilities or problems.
As CEO, she is laden with responsibilities.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weight
Use 'laden' to describe objects that carry heavy physical weight.
The donkey was laden with supplies for the journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Laden' can suggest a negative, burdensome presence, not just physical weight.
He returned home, his heart laden with sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Context
'Laden' is often used figuratively to describe being burdened by responsibilities or problems.
As CEO, she is laden with responsibilities.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weight
Use 'laden' to describe objects that carry heavy physical weight.
The donkey was laden with supplies for the journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Laden' can suggest a negative, burdensome presence, not just physical weight.
He returned home, his heart laden with sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Context
'Laden' is often used figuratively to describe being burdened by responsibilities or problems.
As CEO, she is laden with responsibilities.
Never forget "Laden"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
The myth of Oisín and...
When he wished to hear music, his ears filled with bewitching tones. When he hungered, golden plates appeared laden with fragrant food. He admired scenes of great beauty, and colors that he had no name for. All around him, the land and the people existed in a state of unmoving perfection.
Video examples
Care About the Ocean?...
marine life and ultimately to humans so now these particles that can be mistaken for food are not just a mechanical problem for efficacy we're trying to digest something they can't but it's also laden with some of these chemicals and if it gets into the digestive system
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
The yellow line is the safety line for human interactions, of course, I was standing knee deep in the river that is just laden with zinc, just one of the many heavy metals it was high. So, not a healthy river, but what's interesting is the oxygen level came back,
Video examples
How a fleet of...
we had the genesis of an ocean drone. Now, these are larger than they appear. They are about 15 feet high, 23 feet long, seven feet deep. Think of them as surface satellites. They're laden with an array of science-grade sensors that measure all key variables,
Video examples
The security mirage -...
example would be people fear kidnapping by strangers when the data supports kidnapping by relatives is much more common this is for children third personified risks are perceived to be greater than anonymous risks so bin Laden is scarier because he has a name
Video examples
Sea Bear Ancestors? PIPE...
in these seals sometimes it's their playful character other times their whiskery appearance those first seals found the coastal waters laden with riches literally swimming with food
Video examples
In Cambodia, a City of...
is the most famed of all Cambodia's temples it even appears on the nation's flag the temples are architectural masterpieces laden with artistic treasures like the
Video examples
10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
mums have to juggle childcare with the important job of getting a mule and their chance comes just once a day the boats are returning laden with fish
Video examples
Honey-Trapping Bears PIPE...
but even this doesn't seem to be keeping the culprit out. So, he's called in some experts and they've set up an elaborate trap, laden with honey.
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
on its journey it gathers an abundance of life and becomes laden with sand and sediments which drift in its current
Video examples
The myth of Oisín and...
When he wished to hear music, his ears filled with bewitching tones. When he hungered, golden plates appeared laden with fragrant food. He admired scenes of great beauty, and colors that he had no name for. All around him, the land and the people existed in a state of unmoving perfection.
Video examples
Care About the Ocean?...
marine life and ultimately to humans so now these particles that can be mistaken for food are not just a mechanical problem for efficacy we're trying to digest something they can't but it's also laden with some of these chemicals and if it gets into the digestive system
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
The yellow line is the safety line for human interactions, of course, I was standing knee deep in the river that is just laden with zinc, just one of the many heavy metals it was high. So, not a healthy river, but what's interesting is the oxygen level came back,
Video examples
How a fleet of...
we had the genesis of an ocean drone. Now, these are larger than they appear. They are about 15 feet high, 23 feet long, seven feet deep. Think of them as surface satellites. They're laden with an array of science-grade sensors that measure all key variables,
Video examples
The security mirage -...
example would be people fear kidnapping by strangers when the data supports kidnapping by relatives is much more common this is for children third personified risks are perceived to be greater than anonymous risks so bin Laden is scarier because he has a name
Video examples
Sea Bear Ancestors? PIPE...
in these seals sometimes it's their playful character other times their whiskery appearance those first seals found the coastal waters laden with riches literally swimming with food
Video examples
In Cambodia, a City of...
is the most famed of all Cambodia's temples it even appears on the nation's flag the temples are architectural masterpieces laden with artistic treasures like the
Video examples
10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
mums have to juggle childcare with the important job of getting a mule and their chance comes just once a day the boats are returning laden with fish
Video examples
Honey-Trapping Bears PIPE...
but even this doesn't seem to be keeping the culprit out. So, he's called in some experts and they've set up an elaborate trap, laden with honey.
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
on its journey it gathers an abundance of life and becomes laden with sand and sediments which drift in its current
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst.
Quote examples
Stephen Graham Jones
American Author
In the 40 years since 'The Amityville Horror', dramatizations of those supposedly-real events have gotten loose enough - special-effects laden enough, star-power re-packaged enough - that the audience no longer trusts the dramatization's loyalty to the core story.
Quote examples
Lesley Manville
English Actress
I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.
Quote examples
Harriet Ann Jacobs
American Writer
But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the children who may all be torn from her the next morning; and often does she wish that she and they might die before the day dawns.
Quote examples
Stevie Nicks
American Musician
I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.
Quote examples
William Gurnall
English Author
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
Quote examples
Saint Augustine
Saint
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
Quote examples
Janet Suzman
South African Actress
Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg.
Quote examples
Robert Reich
American Economist
Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off.
Quote examples
Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
For humans, gift giving is a universal ritual laden with evolutionary implications.
Quote examples
Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst.
Quote examples
Stephen Graham Jones
American Author
In the 40 years since 'The Amityville Horror', dramatizations of those supposedly-real events have gotten loose enough - special-effects laden enough, star-power re-packaged enough - that the audience no longer trusts the dramatization's loyalty to the core story.
Quote examples
Lesley Manville
English Actress
I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.
Quote examples
Harriet Ann Jacobs
American Writer
But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the children who may all be torn from her the next morning; and often does she wish that she and they might die before the day dawns.
Quote examples
Stevie Nicks
American Musician
I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.
Quote examples
William Gurnall
English Author
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
Quote examples
Saint Augustine
Saint
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
Quote examples
Janet Suzman
South African Actress
Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg.
Quote examples
Robert Reich
American Economist
Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off.
Quote examples
Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
For humans, gift giving is a universal ritual laden with evolutionary implications.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension