charged
Americanadjective
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intense; impassioned.
an emotionally charged speech.
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fraught with emotion.
the charged atmosphere of the room.
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capable of producing violent emotion, arousing controversy, etc..
the highly charged issue of birth control.
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Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of charged
1275–1325; Middle English, for sense “laden, filled”; 1785–95 charged for def. 1; see charge, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The bigger risk may not be that Indians suddenly abandon UPI because a large retailer is charged a fraction of a percentage point: experts say its network effects are now too powerful for that.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Rio prosecutors charged Flávio in 2020 with running a scheme to skim the salaries of legislative aides, a case later closed after key evidence was thrown out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Even fewer — 41 — were charged with voting illegally or other election-related crimes.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Five men - aged 21, 21, 22, 23 and 45 - and a 40-year-old woman have been charged in connection with the incident.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She imagined she could feel Sigurd’s footsteps on the ground as he charged toward her and Håkon.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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