BODIED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

bodied

verb

Definition of bodied

past tense of body

as in embodied

to represent in visible form abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism

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disembodied

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Recent Examples of bodied Wembanyama will have to face the fact that the series ended when Mitchell Robinson completely bodied him on the glass with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, that the 7-foot-4 superhuman couldn’t secure the rebound with the season on the line. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 14 June 2026 The normally physical Green bodied up Wembanyama, but when the whistle blew, the third-year star knew exactly what to do. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025 Yeah, Rocky definitely bodied that role, just brought a lot of energy to it. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025

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Catherine takes that description to new extremes, embodied by Petticrew with terrifying intensity.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 27 July 2026
There were four outlandish, outcast characters, whom Goldberg utterly embodied with something as slight as the crossing of her eyes or the dragging of her leg.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of embodied

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Stieb, who still holds numerous Blue Jays pitching records, expressed his belief that baseball writers of his era unfairly disregarded players north of the border.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Lisa van den Bos, product manager for digital education at the museum while the study was underway, expressed surprise that even subtle ordering changes on the guide impacted traffic patterns.

— Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

Definition of expressed

Verb

Yet that experience was not always incorporated into government planning and decision-making.

— Tara Kolar Bryan, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Supporters describe it as a broad roadmap for addressing health disparities, noting that many of its individual provisions have been incorporated into other bills even as the broader proposal has stalled.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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