DRIPPED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

dripped

verb

past tense of drip

as in flowed

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine

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Recent Examples of dripped Blood dripped from his head; his father and daughter had various injuries. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 During a session, the molecule is mixed with saline and dripped into a vein over one to four hours. — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026 Also featured on the summer menu will be a new Unicorn Cake Pop, featuring vanilla cake mixed with confetti sprinkles, dripped in white chocolate icing and decorated with a unicorn face. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 June 2026 Sections lower in the nozzle that were not cooled began to overheat and sag while molten plastic dripped from the engine outlet. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026 Eight videos at 15 minutes each is two hours of content, dripped out to new email subscribers over a week. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026 Bristowe shared a video of herself in a post-op bra with drains attached, as fluid dripped through tubes. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026 Pok took a moment to finger-comb out his shoulder-length locs; water dripped onto his thighs and the edge of his bed. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

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Iran’s bargaining chip Authorities in Iran have repeatedly used the Strait of Hormuz – through which around a fifth of the world’s crude flowed before the war – as a bargaining chip.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Still, by the end of the concert, a soggy yet determined crowd of 4,750 had flowed through the park grounds.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of flowed

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Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of poured

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Plant food is then sprinkled onto the root ball and the surrounding soil.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
Sculptures and paintings by local artists are sprinkled throughout the 18 rooms, which are swathed in pastel shades like apricot and mint, reminiscent of the artwork and architecture in Emirdag’s other home in the South of France.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026

Definition of sprinkled

Verb

Immigration raids and wildfires dissuaded tourists from visiting, and even Canadian tourists who typically make up the largest number of foreign visitors to California dropped 21%.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Just before the trial was set to commence in May, Lively dropped her lawsuit and settled with Baldoni and Wayfarer.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 July 2026

Definition of dropped

Verb

The Dodgers tied the score in the bottom of the 10th when Mookie Betts’ hard liner up the middle deflected off the glove of second baseman Julien and trickled into center field, allowing Andy Pages to score from third.

— Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
This is true at the highest levels of sport and has trickled down to youth and high school-level sports as well.

— Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of trickled

Verb

The primary reason for Golden State’s allure to the former Laker could be distilled into two names.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
The spirit was fermented in earthen pits and distilled, a process that took a year across eight fermentations and seven distillations.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 June 2026

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