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charged

  • /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/ UK
  • /t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒd/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dʒd

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of charge Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of

adjective more charged · most charged

  1. Arousing strong emotion. a charged issue in American politics

    Similar: heated

  2. Showing or having strong emotion. an emotionally charged plea
  3. Fraught with emotion; tense. It was an emotionally charged moment when President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the US Congress for the first time during his administration. It was also a charged moment because of failing economies in the US and around the world. Congress and the public waited to hear how he proposed
  4. Having electricity. charged particles

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: emotional, live, provocative, effervescent, hot, aerated, polar, supercharged, negatively charged, positively charged, psyched, absorbed, overloaded, involved, taken, pumped

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@misc{charged_2026,
  title = {charged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/charged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}