DROOLED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

drooled

verb

past tense of drool

as in spit

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

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as in raved

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

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as in chatted

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you

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Recent Examples of drooled Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026 Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026 For years, college coaches and NBA scouts have drooled over the potential of Stokes, a likely 2027 lottery pick. — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Altman isn’t the only big name who gets chewed up and spit out by Guadagnino’s dark satire.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Police said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Billy Applegate III, later tried to kick and spit on officers while being taken to the hospital after the crash.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of spit

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And through the spring and summer, that appeared to be the case, as coaches and players alike raved about their new coordinator, who earlier this year was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of raved

Verb

And in 2023, Tierra Whack and Lil Yachty chatted about hip-hop in Brooklyn, before Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane kept the conversation going.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
As the science reporters chatted with Deisseroth over the phone and Zoom, an AP photographer and videographer raced to his home in Stanford.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatted

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The SummerSlam Night 2 main event started with a long staredown and some trash talk between Reigns and Rollins as fans salivated.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The Lewis Collection, amassed by British businessman Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne (who was sitting in the front as Sotheby’s), was always going to be salivated over by buyers, whatever the market conditions.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026

Definition of salivated

Verb

Kearns gushed in a 2015 interview that his dream creative collaboration would be directing a project written by his daughter that explored race.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
When the topic postgame shifted to the possibility of that being his last time taking the field with Happ, Swanson gushed about his impact, both on himself and the Cubs.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of gushed

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If the offensive line’s healthy again, RB Saquon Barkley will ramble again, broadening QB Jalen Hurts’ margin for error and being fussed at by the coaching staff.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026

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