unburden
/ʌnˈbəːd(ə)n/
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American sound/ʌnˈbəːd(ə)n/
ʌnˈbəːdən
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
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ʌn - ˈbəːdən -> unburden
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘The pressure mounts for her to unburden her sister and to go back to the security of her abusive ex-spouse.’
- ‘It exonerates, redeems, and purifies him; it unburdens him of his wrongs, liberates him, and promises him salvation.’
- ‘Surely we would save a lot of money and resources and unburden an overwhelmed medical industry by expanding our knowledge and understanding instead of resisting.’
- ‘Other Israelis say the illegal outposts get in the way of a deal that could unburden their country of the costly occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.’
- ‘Made in India, this rolling massage tool will unburden the hands of amateur masseurs and masseuses, and can double as a gift for yourself.’
- ‘Times Mirror was relieved to unburden itself of the paper; it had never found a way to make the Times Herald work.’
- ‘It literally releases them like spores and bursts as it gets unburdened.’
- ‘But it has been so bad for so many years that I was glad to be unburdened.’
- ‘It would willingly unburden the clubs of a major share of financial responsibility to England's elite and pay the players itself through central contracting, just as England does with its top cricketers.’
- ‘But Dr Kelly did not share his concerns with colleagues, and we do not yet know how much he unburdened himself to his family.’
- ‘I just felt the need to unburden myself, that's all.’
- ‘He wanted to unburden himself and he wanted her opinion on the matters that had been troubling him.’
- ‘In the end, she persuades the beast to unburden himself of the guilt which afflicts him by handing over his wealth to her.’
- ‘Other alcoholics in golf, including John Daly, Barclay Howard and Brian Barnes, have found it therapeutic to unburden themselves in public, but the healing process may be at too early a stage for Stirling.’
- ‘Therefore, a certain naiveté, unburdened by conventional wisdom, can sometimes be a positive asset.’
- ‘Many unburdened themselves in juvenile memoirs or drawings which have been shamefully neglected until recently.’
- ‘Weren't they ever gripped by the overwhelming urge to unburden themselves, to a taxi driver, say, or a nice barman?’
- ‘People have probably used language to get things off their chest for thousands of years, but venting is more than just unburdening yourself of a troublesome thought.’
- ‘Providing a safe and healing environment in which they can unburden themselves of at least some of this load is a healing in and of itself.’
- ‘He knew it was a miserable way to go, without having accomplished anything or unburdened himself.’
Synonyms
relieve, divest, free, release, let go, confess, clear, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload
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