as in loaded
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freighted
That night was freighted with meaning; a win could set the team up for potential advancement, while a loss could dim those hopes.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Typical of rape survivors, black women were freighted with a particular kind of animus.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Despite the crowds, the rousing music, and the excitement, Washington’s departure was a solemn affair, freighted by the stunning fact that the American colonies were now truly at war with the British Empire.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto.
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
But that’s also because the performances are so heavily freighted with character, so to speak, that the humanity of the whole often gets shrouded in so many fantastical layers.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
Scenes are freighted with Easter eggs and inside jokes around game plot points that FNAF fanatics were already endlessly discussing across Discord, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram.
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Chris Lee,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
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Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Demna’s work was hugely politically freighted at times, and Piccioli has spoken out, particularly on conservative views about women, in the past.
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Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
3 Oct. 2025
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Typical of rape survivors, black women were freighted with a particular kind of animus.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Despite the crowds, the rousing music, and the excitement, Washington’s departure was a solemn affair, freighted by the stunning fact that the American colonies were now truly at war with the British Empire.
—
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto.
—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
But that’s also because the performances are so heavily freighted with character, so to speak, that the humanity of the whole often gets shrouded in so many fantastical layers.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
Scenes are freighted with Easter eggs and inside jokes around game plot points that FNAF fanatics were already endlessly discussing across Discord, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram.
—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Demna’s work was hugely politically freighted at times, and Piccioli has spoken out, particularly on conservative views about women, in the past.
—
Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighted
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During the last homestand, the day after the bottom of the order struck out consecutively with the bases loaded in what became a walk-off win against the Baltimore Orioles, Roberts called over Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland in the dugout during batting practice.
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Detroit, though, loaded the bases with one out in the third on a walk, Altuve's fielding error and a hit batter.
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Back in Iran, hundreds of people filled Tajrish Square, where ceremonies for the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali, were taking place as not far away others celebrated the resilience shown by their soccer team against a Belgian side packed with stars like Kevin de Bruyne and Leandro Trossard.
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The sleek style paired well with her glass skin and shimmery eyes, which were stamped with a rainbow of charcoal-blue and brown shadow and filled with a white sparkle in the waterline.
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“Freighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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