Synonyms for supercharged


Grammar : Adj
Spell : soo-per-chahrjd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsu pərˌtʃɑrdʒd


Définition of supercharged

Origin :
  • 1919, originally of internal combustion engines, from super- + past tense of charge (v.). Related: Supercharged; supercharging.
  • As in jazzed-up : adj souped up
Example sentences :
  • The air was supercharged with reports of treasure, and no reports were too wild for belief; myths, big and little, ran amuck.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • When dinner was over, the almost electric restlessness that tormented him mounted to supercharged heights.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Wagon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • He had the look of a man whose original rustic stolidity had been supercharged with cockney cunning.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. » by Various
  • Joan felt that the atmosphere was supercharged with suspense and fatality and possibility—and anything might happen.
  • Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey
  • These were a few of the salutations discernible among the medley of playful yells, the safety valves of supercharged good-nature.
  • Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford
  • His system was supercharged with typhoid bacilli, and, as sometimes occurs, the superfluous "bugs" had sought exit.
  • Extract from : « The Devil Doctor » by Sax Rohmer

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