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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Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s, Brian Chase, Nick Zinner, and Karen O put on otherworldly rock shows that verged on performance art—a blaze of vodka-spitting, mic-fellating, IDGAF unruliness and explosive, clamorous tracks.

— Megan Buerger, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Alku was also punched in the face and spit on, court documents report.

— Mark Price November 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of spit

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Deputies and politicos chatted over festive music while the local news played silently on a big screen at El Pescador Bar and Grill in Carson, which served as Luna’s campaign headquarters on Tuesday.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Her husband, Tracy Letts, chatted intimately with her TV husband, Morgan Spector, wearing matching Margiela with his real-life wife, Rebecca Hall.

— The Editors, Vulture, 30 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

The model’s daughter Leni gushed about her mom’s detailed costume, pointing out the accuracy of the ring stack.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026
On the state’s side, a team of consultants took the lead, displaying a report with evidence that tied Citation’s injection to the wastewater that gushed to the surface in the Bayou.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of gushed

Verb

Suspended in a pool, holding onto an oxygen mask as her teeth chattered, Julia Wolf began to seriously consider the possibility of hypothermia.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 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 chattered

Verb

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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