Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very drunk: Describes a state of extreme intoxication from alcohol.
   • Having abundant wealth: Possessing a great deal of money or valuable assets.
   • Charged with hidden meaning: (Of statements or questions) containing implied significance, often intended to deceive, influence, or provoke a specific response.
   • Charged with ammunition: (Of a firearm) having bullets or shells inserted and ready to fire.
   • Filled with a great quantity: Holding or carrying a large amount of something; heavily burdened.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • After the party, he was completely loaded and couldn't walk straight.
  • She comes from a loaded family and never has to worry about money.
  • The interviewer asked a loaded question about his past failures.
  • Never point a loaded gun at anyone, even if you think it's safe.
  • The truck was loaded with bricks for the construction site.

Advanced Usage

• "Loaded with": This common phrase emphasizes the abundance or presence of something.
  • The software is loaded with useful features.
  • His speech was loaded with emotional appeals.
• "Loaded for bear": An idiom meaning thoroughly prepared for a major confrontation or challenge.
  • The legal team arrived at the hearing loaded for bear.

Variants and Related Words

• Load (verb/noun): The act of putting a load or cargo onto something, or the cargo itself.
  • Please load the boxes into the van.
• Unloaded (adj.): The opposite state; a gun without ammunition, or a vehicle not carrying a burden.
  • Always treat every gun as if it were loaded, even when you know it's unloaded.

Synonyms

• Drunk: Intoxicated, inebriated, plastered.
• Wealthy: Affluent, flush, moneyed, rich.
• Biased: Leading, charged, suggestive (for questions/statements).
• Full: Burdened, filled, laden, packed.

Related Phrases

• Loaded dice: Dice that have been tampered with to favor certain outcomes, used metaphorically to describe an unfair advantage.
  • The competition felt like playing with loaded dice in his favor.
• Get loaded: A slang phrase meaning to become drunk.
  • They went out to get loaded after the final exam.

Related Idioms

• A loaded word/term: A word that carries strong emotional connotations or cultural baggage.
  • "Freedom" can be a loaded word in political debates.
• Loaded in one's favor: Having circumstances arranged to one's advantage.
  • The deal was loaded in the company's favor from the start.

Adjective

1. very drunk
2. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
   • an affluent banker
   • a speculator flush with cash
   • not merely rich but loaded
   • moneyed aristocrats
   • wealthy corporations
3. (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
   • a loaded question
4. (of weapons) charged with ammunition
   • a loaded gun
5. filled with a great quantity
   • a tray loaded with dishes
   • table laden with food
   • `ladened' is not current usage