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
- 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
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Stokes was charged with and later cleared of affray.
From BBC
DVDs were a huge business back then and Ayaz was charged with maximizing their revenue through everything from pricing to cover art.
He was charged with three counts of displaying banned Nazi symbols and one count of using the internet to cause offense.
From BBC
It refers to the rate charged on overnight money, and it feeds through to things like the three-month yield on Treasury bills.
From MarketWatch
Some of the eight detainees who went on hunger strike had been charged over that incident.
From Barron's
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