collied 1 of 2

chiefly British dialect

collied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of colly, chiefly British dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collied
Adjective
  • 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
  • Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
Verb
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
  • Children have a penchant for unconventional thinking that, at first glance, can look disordered.
    Celeste Kidd, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Disorder of the body disordered the mind.
    Leila Chatti September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His record against fellow ‘Big Six’ teams as a whole is not too shabby either.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Just then a figure stepped out of the shadows, or sidled, rather, a low, ruffianly type clad in a shabby, dark-green coat and leather gaiters.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The muddled sound, uncharacteristic for this venue, didn’t help matters.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Swift shows off the practical sets in behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage in The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, but fans spent the weekend pointing out strange inconsistencies in these door videos that line up with telltale signs of AI art like muddled writing and weird physics.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The raunchy lyrics are the plea of a passionate lover, told soulfully with nods to other great R&B writers of past eras.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Danson's guest on the recent pod was Kathryn Hahn, who shared that her own teenage son is still avoiding her era of raunchy comedies.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tune in next week to see how this all gets jumbled up again.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Those aren’t just random words jumbled together to test your reading comprehension—they’re the outcome of recent brand collaborations with Liquid Death.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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