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Meaning of loaded in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈloʊdəd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    loaded

    Definitions

    1. filled with a great quantity

    Examples

    • « a tray loaded with dishes »
    • « table laden with food »
    • « 'ladened' is not current usage »

    Synonyms

    • full
  2. 2. (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence

    Examples

    • « a loaded question »

    Synonyms

    • prejudiced
    • discriminatory
  3. 3. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

    Examples

    • « an affluent banker »
    • « a speculator flush with cash »
    • « not merely rich but loaded »
    • « moneyed aristocrats »
    • « wealthy corporations »

    Synonyms

    • rich
  4. 4. very drunk

    Synonyms

    • intoxicated
    • drunk
    • inebriated
  5. Qualitative Adjective

    loaded

    Definitions

    1. (of weapons) charged with ammunition

    Examples

    • « a loaded gun »

    Synonyms

    • live
    • undischarged
    • unexploded

    Antonyms

    • unloaded

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  • « Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half. »
    Francois Fenelon
  • « Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi. »
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  • « I go home and don't get treated any differently. People have known me all my life and are interested and very supportive but because they have known me forever I don't get any diva treatment. My mum still tells me off if I haven't loaded the dishwasher for her. »
    Katherine Jenkins
  • « The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. »
    Robert Browning

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