adjective
1. of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge (Freq. 7)
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charged particles
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a charged battery
• Ant: ↑uncharged
• Similar to:
↑hot, ↑live, ↑negative, ↑electronegative, ↑negatively charged, ↑positive, ↑electropositive, ↑positively charged, ↑polar
2. fraught with great emotion (Freq. 1)
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an atmosphere charged with excitement
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an emotionally charged speech
• Syn: ↑supercharged
• Similar to: ↑emotional
3. supplied with carbon dioxide
• Syn: ↑aerated
• Similar to: ↑effervescent
4. capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
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the highly charged issue of abortion
• Similar to: ↑provocative
Useful english dictionary. 2012.