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Answer by Laurel for Does the Word "laden" Carry a Negative Connotation?

Laden is neutral. You can see the difference in meaning by looking at the same sentences but with a truly negative word such as burdened:The trees were burdened with fruit.This difference is especially...

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Answer by Greybeard for Does the Word "laden" Carry a Negative Connotation?

Laden is neutral:1745 T. Warton Five Pastoral Eclogues 20 Where..clust'ring nuts their laden branches bend.(The quantity of nuts is obviously a good thing.)1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) clxii. 198...

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Does the Word "laden" Carry a Negative Connotation?

So normally one could use the word "laden" to say,The trees are laden with ripe fruit. ;This sentence doesn't have any negative emotion linked to it.But when used with other sentences, like,The banks...

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