loadedadjective
uk/ˈləʊ.dɪd/us/ˈloʊ.dɪd/loaded adjective (FULL)
A loaded gun has bullets in it:
It's dangerous to leave a loaded gun lying around.
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Full
- alive
- alive with sth idiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mine idiom
- be riddled with sth idiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- heaping
- heaving
- heavy with sth idiom
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- saturate
- saturation point
- seam
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loaded adjective (NOT FAIR)
not fair, especially by being helpful to one person instead of another:
It seems that the report is loaded in favour of the developers.
loaded question
a question that has particular words chosen to suggest the answer that is wanted:
A survey should avoid asking loaded questions.
See also
leading question
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- favouritism
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- prejudiced
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- uneven
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
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Meaning & significance
loaded adjective (RICH)
[ after verb ] informal rich:
He inherited the family business - he must be loaded!
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Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- flush
- landed
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- on easy street idiom
- privilege
- rags-to-riches
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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loaded adjective (DRUNK)
[ after verb ] mainly US slang drunk:
What a party - everyone was loaded!
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Drunkenness & sobriety
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic
- battered
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles
- binge drinking
- blasted
- bombed
- inebriate
- inebriated
- influence
- intoxicate
- intoxicated
- muzzy
- sloshed
- sober (sb) up
- sobriety
- sot
- soused
- whacked
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