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 Present subtext dripped from his words of the past, as the city of Denver hopes Payton has found a next great one, two decades later. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026 After pounding his drive down the final fairway, Fox hit his approach to just inside 12 feet and then dripped his birdie putt into the edge of the cup to win the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 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, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 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 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, 11 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

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But the tone suggests Tehran may be taking a tougher stance, which could further delay a full return of transits through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil supply flowed before the war.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
The new report’s findings agreed with other analyses suggesting that capital investment has flowed into Opportunity Zones and that the investment has been unevenly distributed.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.

— Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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This week brought me from Belgian Gothic seminaries to Victorian mansions, with a few aggressively average $4,700 apartments sprinkled among them to keep us grounded.

— Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Apple Slices with Cinnamon and Nut Butter When the afternoon slump hits, enjoy crunchy apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon and dipped in nut butter.

— Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sprinkled

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The Justice Department returned the phone in May, hinting that the investigation would be dropped, the Associated Press reported.

— Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Two people were arrested, but charges were dropped pending the outcome of the internal review after complaints about the use of force.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of dropped

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These forever chemicals, also known as PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have leached from everything from firefighting foam to waterproof clothing to nonstick cookware and trickled into the aquifer — the source of our drinking water.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
The government opened 10 registration centers across Port-au-Prince in neighborhoods considered generally safe as dozens of hopeful Haitians trickled through.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of trickled

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In this case, the whiskey was distilled from January to June of 2015, and aged for a full 11 years in new American oak barrels.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Viewers, including any lawmakers who may have seen it, are invited into an idealized and privileged environment, where the complexity of the choice to die is aesthetically contained and emotionally distilled.

— Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

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