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frizzled

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verb

past tense of frizzle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frizzled
Adjective
  • If the dress code calls for true beachy or vacation attire, the Jaylah Strapless Midi Dress from Lulus looks like a wavy, ocean-like print that will blend in perfectly on the shore.
    Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The pageboy bob The subtle, soft layers of the pageboy bob introduce volume and movement and can be worn wavy or with a side part.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The front door was charred black and the smell of smoke and soot lingered in the entryway.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Cedar Gulch wildfire in Burnet County burned 237 acres, the Turkey Creek fire in Williamson County scorched 14 acres, and the Old Highway fire in Hays County charred 19 acres.
    Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The crowd danced, waved flags, and voiced their support for democracy in the country they were forced to leave decades ago.
    Da Lin, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Airlines canceled thousands of flights and waved change and cancellation fees for airports across the East Coast.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Republican primary scorched the earth.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Giddey and Tre Jones scorched their path to the basket.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Enter a rock-and-roll trio of fashion-designer tailors with red, black, and frizzy brown hair, all wearing wildly colorful countercultural garb.
    Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Fun pink-and-red dark spot stickers that erase hyperpigmentation and look good doing it; an innovative perfume milk launch that packs skin care and long-wear benefits; a genius frizzy hair product for taming flyways on gusty mornings; and so many more swoon-worthy staples.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This lightened up, but just as delicious, casserole version of chicken Parmesan gets a crunchy finish thanks to panko breadcrumbs that are broiled until brown.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The pasta is broiled until big, charred bubbles form across the surface, then it’s showered with grated Parmesan cheese and dressed with crispy breadcrumbs and chile flakes.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers.
    Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Also screening at the fest is Harry Lighton’s kinky BDSM romance Pillion, led by Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling and Alex Burunova’s Satisfaction, a study of the creative tension between two British composers with Laird and Whitehead.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe?
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Frizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frizzled. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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