FREIGHTED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

freighted

verb

past tense of freight

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

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Recent Examples of freighted The silly yellow fruit that became a part of their culture was freighted, from the start, with suggestive meaning. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Mia Gonzales-Swinton stood on a Dover Air Force tarmac freighted with grief, keeping her 4-year-old daughter close in front of her. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Russell said that his battery from his Canadian GP retirement is still being sea-freighted back to Mercedes’ F1 base in the United Kingdom. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 June 2026 That night was freighted with meaning; a win could set the team up for potential advancement, while a loss could dim those hopes. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026 Typical of rape survivors, black women were freighted with a particular kind of animus. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026 But that’s also because the performances are so heavily freighted with character, so to speak, that the humanity of the whole often gets shrouded in so many fantastical layers. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 Scenes are freighted with Easter eggs and inside jokes around game plot points that FNAF fanatics were already endlessly discussing across Discord, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025

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Detroit reliever Drew Sommers loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Devers hit into a double play.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
And then as his outing unfolded, and he was challenged there in his second inning with the bases loaded.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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The most common problem, though, appeared to be trouble getting prescriptions filled.

— Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
His previous spell on the Bernabeu bench was filled with arguments and feuds, with the Portuguese angrily taking on referees, journalists, opposition coaches and even his own players.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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