loaded
UK /ˈləʊ.dəd/ · US /ˈloʊ.dɪd/ adjective
Also a form of load
- adjective Burdened by some heavy load; packed. “Let’s leave the TV; the car is loaded already.”
- adjective (of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber. “No funny business; this heater’s loaded!”
- adjective (colloquial) Possessing great wealth. “He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.”
- adjective (slang) Drunk. “By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.”
- adjective (baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases. “It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.”
- adjective (dice games, also figurative) Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws. “He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.”
- adjective (of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap. “That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.”
- adjective (of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings. “"Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.”
Synonyms
crammed laden packed stuffed armed primed bow-legged wi' brass comfortably off filthy rich fat minted moneyed moneybags of means oofy rich rich as Croesus rolling rolling in dough rolling in it ladened affluent flush wealthy besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled
Antonyms
Etymology
From load + -ed.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “loaded”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details