weighing (on or upon)

verb

present participle of weigh (on or upon)
as in bearing (down on)
to push steadily against with some force the bulky backpack weighed upon my back uncomfortably

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing (on or upon)
  1. pressing
  2. shoving
  3. compressing
Verb
  • Putin, meanwhile, is pressing ahead with the invasion in the belief that Ukrainians will buckle under the pressure and Kyiv's Western supporters won't stay the course, Western analysts say.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Putin, meanwhile, is pressing ahead with the invasion in the belief that Ukrainians will buckle under the pressure and Kyiv’s Western supporters won’t stay the course, Western analysts say.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pressing
Verb
  • Court records show that Jang reported McKinsey to police in 2023, accusing him of shoving one of their children and using rough physical discipline with them generally.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Richards saw Hernandez's kick at the ball, took exception, and within seconds every player on the field was pushing and shoving.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoving
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  • It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value.
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The result is an entire ocean’s worth of wind and waves all compressing together to get through what is a seriously small bottleneck.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of compressing
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“Weighing (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighing%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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