KICKED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked

verb

past tense of kick

as in complained

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely he's been kicking all week about not getting the promotion

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as in objected

to present an opposing opinion or argument fiscal conservatives have already started to kick about the proposed program, claiming it will increase the state's deficit substantially

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Recent Examples of kicked The 49ers recovered, kicked a field goal and the Rams’ last real chance for a comeback was snuffed out. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 As New York Fashion Week kicked into even higher gear Thursday, the city’s fashion crowd was moving from one scene to the next. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 The six accounts that the company’s moderators left up had shared many heinous videos, including a toddler being struck in the face with a frying pan, a girl being beaten with a baseball bat, and a baby being kicked. — Jon Christian, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026 Joseph said he was repeatedly kicked and struck by rocks during the assault while his attackers also tried to destroy his camera. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 The sculpture, a tall, blue stick figure poised in action — as if to kick a ball or, from a different angle, having just kicked one — was designed by sculptor Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Smokejumpers kicked cargo destined for mountain villages in Vietnam, Hmong rebels in Laos, and Muslim dissidents in China. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Mevis kicked two field goals against the Chiefs and two against the Saints. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Both he and backup edge Chauncey Golston have been kicked inside as rushers often. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Blake Snell left Wednesday’s game early with groin issues and Tyler Glasnow recently complained of general discomfort.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The recall was issued September 15 after consumers complained of stones and other hard objects within the dessert’s cashew clusters.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of complained

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The teen screamed and sat up, CPW said, and the bear then ran to the foot of her bed.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Interviewees describe hacking little girls’ phones to see when their fathers came home and then bombing their houses, listening while the people on the line screamed and pleaded for help, while mothers cried over their burning daughters.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of screamed

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Community members have protested for weeks, demanding Lienhard be reinstated.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Baghaei said Tehran protested the decision and summoned the Austrian chargé d’affaires, saying Austria was obligated as the host country to issue the visas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of protested

Verb

This was 1872, and the pious (and patronizing) commentators of the time muttered that Damien’s unvarnished personality was due to his simple farm upbringing in rural Belgium.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 June 2026