laden

The definition of laden is something that is weighed down, physically or emotionally.

(adjective)

  1. An example of something laden is a pack mule.
  2. An example of something laden is a sad person who is overwhelmed with emotion.

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See laden in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. loaded
  2. burdened; afflicted: laden with sorrow

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Rare lade

filled, covered, permeated, or burdened with: flower-laden, metaphor-laden, doom-laden

See laden in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb
A past participle of lade.
adjective
  1. Weighed down with a load; heavy: “the warmish air, laden with the rains of those thousands of miles of western sea” (Hilaire Belloc).
  2. Oppressed; burdened: laden with grief.

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