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Definition
- 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
- very drunk
- 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
- (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
- a loaded question
- (of weapons) charged with ammunition
- a loaded gun
- filled with a great quantity
- a tray loaded with dishes
- table laden with food
- `ladened' is not current usage