overcharge
overcharge is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.
- 2.To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
- 3.To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description. Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.
- 4.To make excessive charges.
- 5.An excessive load or burden.
- 6.An excessive charge in an account.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- beyond
- bleed
- bombast
- bombastic
- bought
- cost
- costly
- dear
- dearly
- dearness
- declamation
- declamatory
- demand
- dollar
- elegance
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- excess
- exorbitance
- exorbitant
- expensive
- extort
- extortion
- extortionate
- extravagance
- extravagant
- eye
- famine
- fancy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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