charged

American  

[chahrjd] / tʃɑrdʒd /

adjective

1. intense; impassioned.

   an emotionally charged speech.

2. fraught with emotion.

   the charged atmosphere of the room.

3. capable of producing violent emotion, arousing controversy, etc..

   the highly charged issue of birth control.

4. Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.

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Other Word Forms

• well-charged adjective

Etymology

Origin of charged

1275–1325; Middle English, for sense “laden, filled”; 1785–95 charged for def. 1; charge, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Some taxpayers argue that the Internal Revenue Service charged them interest or penalties they weren’t required to pay during the pandemic, and they now are seeking refunds and amending tax returns to get money back.

From The Wall Street Journal

Australian police have recovered a trove of stolen Egyptian artefacts and charged a 52-year-old man with a nighttime smash-and-grab at a museum.

From Barron's

"And I never got charged for any of it. I felt as though the police pressurised me into saying something that wasn't true."

From BBC

The vehicles have to be charged -- a constant headache in a city battling power outages of up to 12 hours a day, due to a lack of fuel for generating stations.

From Barron's

After this first charged encounter, the initial gesture between them is not seduction.

From Salon

Related Words

• emotional
• fraught
• intense