charged

  • 11charged — adjective Date: 1934 1. possessing or showing strong emotion < attacked the author in a highly charged review > 2. capable of arousing strong emotion < a politically charged subject >; also exciting < a highly charged …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12charged — /chahrjd/, adj. 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 …

    Universalium

  • 13charged — adjective a charged situation or subject makes people feel very angry, anxious, or excited, and is likely to cause arguments or violence: highly charged: a highly charged press conference …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14charged — UK [tʃɑː(r)dʒd] / US [tʃɑrdʒd] adjective filled with a strong emotion such as excitement or nervousness the highly charged atmosphere of the trial charged with: a silence charged with meaning …

    English dictionary

  • 15charged — Accusation of crime by complaint, indictment, or information. With respect to notice , a person is charged with such if he has information sufficient to apprise him of the subject, e.g. under land recording acts, a person is charged with notice&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16charged — Accusation of crime by complaint, indictment, or information. With respect to notice , a person is charged with such if he has information sufficient to apprise him of the subject, e.g. under land recording acts, a person is charged with notice&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17charged — Synonyms and related words: accountable, accused, activated, agitating, alleged, arraigned, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, autoluminescent, blamed, breathtaking, burdened, cited, cliff hanging, climacteric, contaminated,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18charged up — excited and full of energy. Tim was so charged up about tomorrow s game, he couldn t sleep …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 19charged — /tʃadʒd/ (say chahjd) adjective 1. filled with emotion; passionate. 2. drunk. –phrase 3. charged up, Colloquial noticeably excited, from or as from intoxication, drugs, etc. {past participle of charge} …

  • 20charged — See dry charged battery …

    Dictionary of automotive terms