overcharged

overcharged is the simple past and past participle of overcharge.

Meaning of overcharge

Verb

overcharge (third-person singular simple present overcharges, present participle overcharging, simple past and past participle overcharged)

(ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
- Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726
Synonyms:

gouge

Antonyms:

undercharge
(transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
- Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks1997, “The Tourist”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead
To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
- The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants.2015, Randall G. Shelden, William B. Brown, Karen S. Miller, Randal B. Fritzler, Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society: Second Edition, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 184
(dated, transitive) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
- it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather.c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service
(dated, transitive) To fill too full; to crowd.
- October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh
  Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.
(dated, transitive) To exaggerate.
- to overcharge a description
Synonyms:

hyperbolize, overstate, stretch, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, overdo, overemphasize, play up, three-sheet

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Adjective

overcharged (comparative more overcharged, superlative most overcharged)

Overly charged; having too much electricity or some other form of energy and/or matter stored within someone or something.
- This is evidently the case with inanimate matter, but the living organism with active consciousness, which has reached a higher level and is normally rather overcharged with power, seldom retains its energy latent or unused for long. It continually gives out and as continually absorbs energy ; and...1927, A. Wyatt Tilby, The Quest of Reality, William Heinemann Limited, page 252
- Actually, she is not so much concerned with duty toward her baby; she is desperately straining to appease her conscience. The whole structure of her motives and behavior rests upon intricate personal issues that would come to light with difficulty. It is doubtful if the nurse or anyone else in her...1931, The Public Health Nurse 1931-01: Volume 23, Issue 1, page 24

Forms of overcharged

comparative	more overcharged
superlative	most overcharged

Questions about overcharged

What does overcharged mean?: Overcharged means overly charged; having too much electricity or some other form of energy and/or matter stored within someone or something.
What is overcharged the simple past and past participle of?: Overcharged is the simple past and past participle of overcharge.
What part of speech is overcharged?: Overcharged is an adjective.

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