The Clue
Afflicted (5 letter answer)
The Answer
LADEN
Tags
Notes
The answer LADEN is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Burdened
Encumbered
Filled
Filled (with)
Fraught
Freighted
Loaded
Oppressed
Packed
Bearing freight
Carrying baggage
Carrying cargo
Carrying a lot
Charged, in a way
Filled with cargo
Filled with freight
Full-up
Like a backpacker
Low in the water
Weighed down
Filled up, as a coaler
Like beasts of burden
Like many donkeys
Like a packhorse in action
Definition
LADEN as a verb:
1. (ladle, lade, laden) = remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"
2. (load, lade, laden, load up) = fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
LADE as a verb:
1. (ladle, lade, laden) = remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"
2. (load, lade, laden, load up) = fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
LADEN as an adjective:
1. (laden, loaded, ladened) = filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage"
2. (laden, oppressed) = burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"