CORNERED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

cornered

verb

past tense of corner

as in monopolized

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as in accosted

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Verb

Dishwasher racks are valuable real estate that shouldn’t be monopolized by your cat and his Fancy Feast.

— John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026

Definition of monopolized

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Osama, donning his bulletproof blue press jacket and armed with his camera, is accosted by a woman wailing that 200 of her neighbors are gone.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
According to a police affidavit, Sanchez accosted Perry Tole after the Indiana resident had backed his truck into the loading docks of a downtown Indianapolis hotel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of accosted

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In one inexhaustible untitled image from 1980, the couple sits in elegant dress at a candlelit table engrossed in each other’s company, while the young, shirtless son adjusts the channel on a television perched on the near side of the same table.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of engrossed

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Reese quickly confronted Clark before teammates separated them.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
But when King‘s Kylie decides to take matters into her own hands to rid the curse for good, she is confronted with danger, leaving Sally to rely on her magic to save her.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of confronted

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The brothers previously faced rape and human trafficking charges in Britain in connection to three alleged victims, CPS said.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Eagle Fire is also pursuing a separate partnership with the city for a training facility, but the project has faced challenges at City Hall.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of faced

Verb

Everyone’s voice is valued, standards have risen on and off the field, and all matches are monitored and recorded in such a way that Dean would not have dared to try to play the class clown.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Hence, nobody dared to approach the horse, and its owner wasn’t found.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dared

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