ARCHED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

arched

verb

Definition of arched

past tense of arch

as in curved

to cause to turn away from a straight line the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked

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as in bowed

to turn away from a straight line or course the path gradually arches off into the woods

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straightened

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of arched The ceiling is arched and lined with skylights to allow for light in walkway. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 When the rain cleared, a rainbow arched above the New York skyline. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026 She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 And the floor at the top is gently arched, which is pretty cool. — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026 Iceland emerged much later when a plume of unusually hot mantle rock arched the ridge up above the gathering waves. — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026 Her eyebrows were arched and defined, with brown eyeshadow beaten softly into her eye and lashes feathered out. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 May 2026 When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 The interior has arched marble hallways and opulent gold walls in the 12 butler's pantries. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arched

Verb

In the final minute of stoppage time to end the first half, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi curved his free kick right in front of the goal, seemingly just one perfect touch away from a goal.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
If spacetime is curved, then the path of light is also curved.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

The sun lashed everyone who arrived — some voluntarily, others hooked and lowered like cattle into the mines.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
In the doc, Gelfand said there was another incident involving two twins who hooked themselves up to a car battery for 10 seconds in exchange for $10,000.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of hooked

Verb

If your aloe vera plant isn’t getting enough water, its leaves will look thinner than usual or become limp or curled.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
Laura followed him, curled her body gently into his on top of the covers, lying there as all the streetlamps came on outside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of curled

Verb

Two days after the Knicks were booed frequently while trailing by 30 points in the first half of their 114-97 loss to Dallas, the scoreboard was crooked in their favor.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Her most unusual feature was her teeth, which were crooked in a way that reminded me of a spiral staircase.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of crooked

Verb

The wife of friend Isaac Leonard Ellwood suggested that two wires twisted together would hold the nail in place better — and the inexpensive yet effective design stuck.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
The boardwalk was annihilated up and down the peninsula, crushed into pieces and twisted up like a wooden snake.

— Curbed editors, Curbed, 23 June 2026