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adjective

chiefly British dialect
as in sooty

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collied

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verb

past tense of colly, chiefly British dialect
as in messed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collied
  1. sooty
  2. messed
  3. crocked
  4. disordered
  5. shabby
  6. jumbled
  7. muddled
  8. disheveled
Adjective
  • Oily, sooty residue was all over the city.
    — Arundathi Nair, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
  • By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
Definition of sooty
Verb
  • The May 23 rainout in New York that messed with their vibe.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • Rocky was not to be messed with.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Definition of messed
Adjective
  • An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019
Definition of crocked
Verb
  • Research from the University of Delaware’s Department of Women and Gender Studies found that body image concerns resulting from social pressures are linked to lower self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and disordered eating in young women.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Women with thyroid issues or disordered eating histories should be especially cautious.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • From shabby apartments to art experiments to filthy needles—with echoes of Patti Smith and Rebecca Makkai—Adler conjures an era of sorrow borne by too many, too young.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Tesla’s energy storage sales aren’t looking too shabby, either.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of shabby
Verb
  • The problems that scored highest on both measures are retained, and the remaining ones are jumbled up again, and this process is repeated for five generations.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
  • Domingo and Fey get snarky, a clever visual gag earns a surprise laugh, the dialogue is sharper than usual, and the main pairings get jumbled up with purposeful, delightful results.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
Definition of jumbled
Adjective
  • Running on a seamless Fire TV operating platform, its Total HDR Solution natively balances complex Dolby Vision, HDR10+ Adaptive, and HLG video feeds to remove muddled shadows (big win).
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • Slayton agrees, noting that muddled mint or basil make particularly refreshing additions.
    — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
Definition of muddled
Verb
  • While the flowers may have been a casualty of the high temperatures and humid weather in New York on July 3, some commenters speculated that the bouquet was disheveled from the bouquet toss itself.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Boots were made to look deliberately disheveled, with tiny ladybirds across them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Definition of disheveled
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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