charged

[ chahrjd ]

adjective

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. Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.

Other Words From

• well-charged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of charged¹

1275–1325; Middle English, for sense “laden, filled”; 1785–95 charged fordef 1; charge, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at a charged weigh-in for Friday's controversial heavyweight fight in Texas.

From BBC

Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, the author of Charged and Sticks and Stones, and co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest.

From Slate

Police confirmed that a 43-year-old man had recently been charged over thefts from two shops on the Royal Mile in October.

From BBC

In Moreno Valley, a high school teacher was placed on leave following a racially charged anti-Trump outburst in the classroom where he said that many Latino men who support Trump want to be white.

From Los Angeles Times

He was charged on 7 November, in what is reportedly the first Capitol riot-related case filed since Donald Trump won the presidential election.

From BBC

Related Words

• emotional
• fraught
• intense