SURCHARGED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

surcharged

verb

past tense of surcharge

as in stung

to charge (someone) too much for goods or services contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly

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Recent Examples of surcharged Domestic flights will also get surcharged. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026

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The pair were stung more than 150 times each and airlifted to the hospital.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
The lionfish's poisonous spikes can badly hurt anyone who’s stung.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of stung

Verb

Officials said the problem has been fixed and any drivers who were overcharged will be automatically refunded.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Pinder’s attorney, Justin Beckham, previously told the Herald that his client was ‘grossly overcharged,’ without providing any more information.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Definition of overcharged

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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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Bo told Lu that if the audit produced evidence that he had been cheated, Wang should go to prison.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
In one case, several systems worked on a problem in parallel, one cheated outright, and the system assigned to summarize their work did not flag it.

— Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheated

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