charged

Meanings

Verb

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
  • "he charged the director with indifference"
• demand payment
  • "Will I get charged for this service?"
• move quickly and violently
• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  • "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
• file a formal charge against
  • "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
• make an accusatory claim
  • "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
• fill or load to capacity
• enter a certain amount as a charge
  • "he charged me $15"
• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
• give over to another for care or safekeeping
• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
• lie down on command, of hunting dogs
• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  • "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
• place a heraldic bearing on
• provide (a device) with something necessary
• direct into a position for use
  • "He charged his weapon at me"
• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
  • "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
• instruct or command with authority
  • "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
• attribute responsibility to
  • "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
• set or ask for a certain price
• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
• saturate
  • "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
• simple past and past participle of charge

Adjective

• of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
  • "charged particles"
  • "a charged battery"

Adjective Satellite

• fraught with great emotion
  • "an atmosphere charged with excitement"
  • "an emotionally charged speech"
• supplied with carbon dioxide
• capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
  • "the highly charged issue of abortion"

Adj

• Arousing strong emotion.
• Showing or having strong emotion.
• Having electricity.

Synonyms

accuse, aerated, agitate, appoint, bear down, bill, blame, buck, burden, charge, charge up, commit, commove, consign, excite, file, heated, institutionalise, institutionalize, level, load, lodge, point, rouse, saddle, send, shoot, shoot down, supercharged, tear, turn on

Antonyms

calm, discharge, pay cash, uncharged

Anagrams of charged