Thesaurus results for CHARACTERED

charactered

verb

past tense of character

as in characterized

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group formerly charactered as "the dark ages," that period of history may not have been quite so benighted as once thought

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Recent Examples of charactered An earlier version of this story also incorrectly charactered Lyda Hill Philanthropies. — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, protesters gathered in Times Square to stand against what organizers charactered as a war against Venezuela. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charactered

Verb

The cancer is characterized by abnormal, accelerated growth of squamous cells, according to the foundation.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
The active Pacific hurricane season is likely due to a record-setting El Niño — a natural climate pattern characterized by a rise in sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific, which can spawn more intense and frequent cyclones there.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of characterized

Verb

Tensions had already intensified Monday when Pakistani fighter jets struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Islamabad described as militant hideouts.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Maduko’s behavior, as described in the report, appears to have grown increasingly aggressive in his alleged harassment of women in the CSCU system.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of described

Verb

Her excellent debut, 2007’s Free Food for Millionaires, features upwardly mobile Korean Americans whose desire for security Lee portrayed both sympathetically and critically.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Among the 41 characters portrayed as having narcolepsy, 68% were depicted as incapable or unreliable.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of portrayed

Verb

The shade switch signaled that the singer is officially entering a new era, one that’s no longer defined by the fiery red feature or banana coils.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
Researchers have defined a new material blueprint for the next-generation microchip encryption.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026