bowed-down

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bowed-down (comparative more bowed-down, superlative most bowed-down)

  1. Weighed down with troubles; dejected.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:
      But, alas! those who are heirs of the future, destined to fill the earth with the immortal and the beautiful, what is their share in the present? the sad and the weary path—the bowed-down and broken heart!
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bowed-down&oldid=77934851"