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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Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
As solitary insects with limited aggression towards humans, the risk of getting stung is often not worth your direct interference.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of stung

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The White House has started sending $500 Obamacare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged for their insurance.

— Natalia Mittelstadt, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Jackson County is nearing a massive settlement with more than 200,000 county homeowners who were overcharged on their property taxes.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcharged

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The Colts were gouged on the ground by the Lamar Jackson/Derrick Henry tandem and the Chiefs can exploit that with Patrick Mahomes/Kenneth Walker III.

— Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
One man who worked at the Kenscoff police station had his eyes gouged and arms torn off, the report found.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of gouged

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