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to charge

to charge

54 4.1
Fill a place with strong feeling or energy
  • verb
  • /tʃɑrdʒ/
translation icon : animar (a alguien)
  • I understand this is an emotionally charged issue, But let's try to stay on course here.
  • emotionally charged
  • politically charged
  • highly charged

It feels the smell from the forest charges me and heals me.

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Examples

  • Suddenly, the air was charged.

  • But many contexts and purposes of its use are highly charged with anxiety.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Your intent charges the energy.

  • The command tent inside was exactly the kind of highly charged place he expected it to be.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I feel very emotionally charged.

  • But adults continued to experience emotionally charged and sensory streams.

    Academic text (2017)
  • It's like an emotionally charged anchor that keeps us tethered to this world.

  • A huddle of figures sweeps down a dark corridor, charged with power and purpose.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Quinquagesima, a Sunday charged with emotion, dwells on love, on death, and on vision restored.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The inspiring speech by the coach charged the team with excitement before the big game.

Synonyms

to excite
vsto charge
331 2.7

To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager

fills places as well as people with strong emotion or energy
to imbue
vsto charge
22 6.9

To fill a person or thing with a particular quality

focuses on strong emotion or energy rather than any general quality or idea
to rouse
vsto charge
16 5.1

To make people feel strong emotion and want to act

fills with intense emotion or energy rather than merely motivating action
to charge up
vsto charge
  • Informal
4 4.8

To make people feel excited and ready to act

is the single word form with the same meaning

Antonyms

13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

Idioms

You do not have to pay for it

1 7.8

Has control and confidence when leading others

Phrasal Verbs

Start to control a group or situation and lead others

4 3.5

To connect a battery or device to electricity so it has power

to charge up
  • Informal
4 4.8

To make people feel excited and ready to act

Plug a phone into a charger to make the battery work again

2 7.0

To enjoy something and feel excited by it

To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score

To accept responsibility for and control someone or something

Compounds

54 4.7

A formal claim in court that someone killed another person

7 3.9

An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink

explosive charge
  • Specialized
6 4.2

An amount of material placed to blow up at one time

4 3.2

A card that lets you buy things and must be paid in full each month

depth charge
  • Specialized
3 8.1

A bomb that explodes underwater at a set depth to destroy submarines

An account at a store that lets you buy now and pay later

2 5.4

A written list of charges and arrests at a police station

electrostatic charge
  • Specialized
2 6.2

A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move

An extra amount added to a bill to pay for the staff who served you

2 9.0

A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away

electric charge
  • Specialized
2 3.9

A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative

negative charge
  • Specialized
2 4.1

A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon

positive charge
  • Specialized
2 3.9

An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons

charge plate
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods

dynamite charge
  • Specialized
1 6.1

An amount of dynamite set to explode and break rock or buildings

A fee you pay to enter a place or event

A small fee for packing and sending an order

Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready

ionic charge
  • Specialized
1 5.7

The electric charge an atom has after it gains or loses electrons

1 3.5

An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs

8.9

An explosive inside a bomb or shell that breaks it open

carrying charge
  • Specialized
6.9

A fee charged for keeping an unpaid balance on an account

carrying charge
  • Specialized
6.8

The cost of keeping goods or assets in storage over time

A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime

9.2

A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors

The cost for each item or unit used

charge unit
  • Specialized
5.6

A standard amount used to measure electric charge, like the coulomb

9.9

A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons

5.1

The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same

depreciation charge
  • Specialized
6.7

An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value

8.7

A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship

A fee you pay for returning a rented car to a different place

A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport

A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'

fixed charge
  • Specialized
3.7

A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance

7.0

A tax on products harmful to the environment to make people use them less

7.5

A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time

How Excited

to overwhelm
164 4.4
to thrill
201 2.1
to charge
54 4.1
to excite
331 2.7
to stir
131 3.7

Surface Forms

charge infinitive
charged past
charged past participle
charging present participle
charges third person singular

Etymology

Charge comes from an old word meaning 'to load', so it also came to mean filling a place with strong feeling. To charge a room or moment is to fill it with emotion or energy.