freighted
Syllables: freight·edUK/ˈfɹeɪtɪd/
freighted adjective: loaded with cargo; charged. Also the simple past and past participle of freight.
Adjective
freighted (comparative more freighted, superlative most freighted)
- Loaded with cargo; charged.
- The purple silk curtains excluded the night-dews, while they allowed the air to enter freighted with odours from the orange trees on the terrace below.[1832], L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Enchantress”, in Heath’s Book of Beauty. M.DCCC.XXXIII. […], London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […] [for Charles Heath], →OCLC, page...
- On hearing of this determination, Mr. [John Jacob] Astor immediately proceeded to fit out a ship called the Enterprise, to sail in company with the Adams, freighted with additional supplies and reinforcements for Astoria.1836 October, Washington Irving, chapter XXV, in Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard...
- Synonyms:
- fraught
- Antonyms:
- unfraught, unfreighted
Also used as
freighted is also the simple past and past participle of freight.
Examples of freighted in a sentence
- Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and everything I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning.1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965:
- 'Identity' is a freighted term to use in a philosophical context.2002, Keith Graham, Practical Reasoning in a Social World:
- It will also consider problems of periodization, a freighted issue in the case of Russia, in part because there the conclusion of peace did not mark the end of armed conflict.2009, Abbott Gleason, A Companion to Russian History:
- English National Opera is a title freighted with implications, and that first adjective promises not only a geographical reach, but a linguistic commitment too.2014 March 1, Rupert Christiansen, “English translations rarely sing”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review section), London: Telegraph Media...
Synonyms of freighted
Antonyms
Forms of freighted
| comparative | more freighted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most freighted |
Origin of freighted
From freight + -ed.
Words formed from freighted
Words that rhyme with freighted
- deflated
- inflated
- related
- dated
- weighted
- belated
- frustrated
- gated
- gold-plated
- plated
- postdated
- rated
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- slated
- stated
- truncated
- abated
- dehydrated
- dilated
- grated
- lirated
- outdated
- sated
- serrated
- undated
- antedated
- awaited
- backdated
- baited
- bated
- berated
- castrated
- collated
- conflated
- crated
- created
- cremated
- curated
- debated
- donated
- elated
- equated
- estimated
- fated
- fixated
- gaited
- hated
- interrelated
- located
- mated
- misdated
- narrated
- negated
- nipple-dilated
- orated
- overdrawn
- overinflated
- overrated
- overstated
- prated
- pulsated
Questions about freighted
- What does freighted mean?
- Freighted means loaded with cargo; charged.
- How do you use freighted in a sentence?
- Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and everything I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning.
- What part of speech is freighted?
- Freighted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce freighted?
- Freighted is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/ (UK).
Words near freighted in the dictionary
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