OVERCHARGED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

overcharged

verb

past tense of overcharge

as in stung

to charge (someone) too much for goods or services I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale

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undercharged

as in overloaded

to fill or load to excess overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words

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Recent Examples of overcharged Cobalt supply chains are plagued by unethical mining practices in remote regions worldwide, and the material itself poses a notable safety hazard due to its tendency to catch fire or short-circuit when overcharged. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026 What follows is less about whether you are being overcharged and more about who, exactly, is deciding your number. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026 The risk comes when a battery is crushed, overcharged or overheated. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 The tenants estimated that they were overcharged by $50,000 to $100,000. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026 The jury found that fans were overcharged for tickets as a direct result of this monopoly, paying higher fees for their tickets. — Letitia James, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 On Wednesday, a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026 If consumers were to get overcharged, the measure would require insurance companies to issue a rebate. — Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 The jury did find that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by a little less than $2, which … looking at my bank account doesn’t exactly seem quite right, but that’s probably an average. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026

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Democrats are still stung by Rogan’s nearly three-hour Trump interview in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Having dominated most of his players in table tennis over the years, Gadowsky is still stung after meeting his match.

— John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Definition of stung

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Guglielmo thinks that either the original design assumptions were misunderstood, something went wrong during the design or construction process, or construction crews overloaded or weakened the structure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Organizations that simply add AI to overloaded leadership systems may increase output while further eroding decision quality.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of overloaded

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Trump recently posted on his Truth Social account that big oil companies were not dropping gas prices fast enough, and that Americans were being gouged.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
The bullets shattered nine panes of glass, their wooden framework gouged by bullet fragments.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

Definition of gouged

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The implosion came in the third inning when Manaea loaded the bases with two outs, with the Mets already down 1-0.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Webb allowed three straight singles following McCarthy’s homer, then walked a batter with the bases loaded to gift the Rockies their second run.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of loaded

Verb

The Legislature has repeatedly rejected stiffer criminal penalties for wayward operators and stymied efforts to let cities or counties pick up enforcement slack when state inspectors are overburdened.

— Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026

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Hell may hath no fury like a Red Devils squad feeling cheated after the shocking FIFA decision to allow Balogun to play tonight in Seattle.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Billups is accused of participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa Nostra organized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million.

— Ed White, Twin Cities, 29 June 2026

Definition of cheated

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After Haissem Hassan took down Nicolás Tagliafico in the box, Lionel Messi took the penalty kick, but his shot toward the right side of the goal was stuffed by a diving Mostafa Shoubir!

— NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Over the past year, a wave of Strategy copycats have stuffed public companies with crypto in a bid to lift their share prices, but that trade has largely lost steam.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026

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