"charged" meaning in English

See charged in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-charged.wav Forms: more charged [comparative], most charged [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒd Head templates: {{en-adj}} charged (comparative more charged, superlative most charged)
  1. Arousing strong emotion. Synonyms (arousing strong emotion): heated
    Sense id: en-charged-en-adj-mUNq-8Gb Disambiguation of 'arousing strong emotion': 65 18 16 1
  2. Showing or having strong emotion.
    Sense id: en-charged-en-adj-SEljZKpm
  3. Fraught with emotion; tense.
    Sense id: en-charged-en-adj-6cyUrFbn
  4. Having electricity.
    Sense id: en-charged-en-adj-cs8qFLV9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 13 18 40 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 13 16 48 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 9 11 64 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-charged.wav
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} charged
  1. simple past and past participle of charge Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: charge Derived forms: guilty as charged
    Sense id: en-charged-en-verb-PI8Jqt1e

Alternative forms

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