- weigh upon
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Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
weigh upon
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weigh upon — be a weight or pressure on someone or something, worry or upset someone The pressure of her exams has begun to weigh upon my sister … Idioms and examples
weigh\ upon — • weigh (up)on v 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. The pack weighed heavily on the soldier s back. 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. Sadness weighed on Mary s heart when her kitten died. John s wrongdoing weighed… … Словарь американских идиом
weigh upon — weigh (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To come to mind continually: haunt, obsess, torment, trouble. See REPETITION … English dictionary for students
weigh upon — Synonyms and related words: bear hard upon, bear on, bear upon, beat down, burden, burthen, cast down, charge, crush one, cumber, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, encumber, exhaust … Moby Thesaurus
weigh upon — See: WEIGH ON … Dictionary of American idioms
weigh upon one's conscience — cause someone remorse, cause someone to feel regret … English contemporary dictionary
weigh down — [v] depress bear down, burden, cumber, get down, hold down, oppress, overburden, overload, press, press down, prey on, pull down, sadden, task, trouble, weight, weigh upon, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. cheer, delight, please … New thesaurus
weigh down — Synonyms and related words: ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fetter, go hard with, go ill with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,… … Moby Thesaurus
weigh on — or[weigh upon] {v.} 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. * /The pack weighed heavily on the soldier s back./ 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. * /Sadness weighed on Mary s heart when her kitten died./ * /John s… … Dictionary of American idioms
weigh on — or[weigh upon] {v.} 1. To be a weight or pressure on; be heavy on. * /The pack weighed heavily on the soldier s back./ 2. To make sad or worried; trouble; disturb; upset. * /Sadness weighed on Mary s heart when her kitten died./ * /John s… … Dictionary of American idioms
