FIDGETED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

fidgeted

verb

past tense of fidget

as in twitched

to make jerky or restless movements small children are likely to fidget in church

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Recent Examples of fidgeted Leaning against a desk, Thune fidgeted constantly as the chamber voted and the president's arrival neared. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026 Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children. — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat. — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025

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Just then, Chee Meng’s fishing rod twitched, and the line began to run out.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of twitched

Verb

His wife Thessa was checking her phone and vaping in the next room when the child squirmed through the opening and fell.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
Erling Haaland headed City level in the second half, but Jackson got his second and the winner with a first-time finish that squirmed under goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of squirmed

Verb

During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

Verb

So, Doncic just tossed up the three-pointer from the three-point line on the Portland side of the court that banked in as time expired.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Turbulence tossed it up and down by 700 feet (200 meters), but the situation quickly escalated as the aircraft fell at breathtaking speed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of tossed

Verb

The monster costumes were so ill-fitting that his skin wiggled.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
As a woman waded through the waters around the Bridge Side Marina in Bridge Isle, Louisiana, the tiny canine with a fluffy white coat wiggled his forelegs as if swimming, video of the cute moment shows.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of wiggled

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