WEIGH ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weigh on mean? 

• WEIGH ON (verb)
  The verb WEIGH ON has 1 sense:

1. be oppressive or disheartening to

  Familiarity information: WEIGH ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEIGH ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be oppressive or disheartening to

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

weigh down; weigh on

Hypernyms (to "weigh on" is one way to...):

sadden (make unhappy)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will weigh on him

 Context examples 

And these dreams weigh on your spirits now, Jane, when I am close to you?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Now the wealth did not weigh on me: now it was not a mere bequest of coin,—it was a legacy of life, hope, enjoyment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)