MARINATED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

marinated

verb

past tense of marinate

as in drowned

to put (food, such as meat or fish) in a sauce for a period of time to add flavor or tenderize The recipe says that you should marinate the chicken overnight.

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Recent Examples of marinated The Reuben sandwich may or may not have been invented in Omaha (New York lays claim to it, too), and the city’s iconic restaurants are mostly steak houses, such as the Drover, a sixty-year-old Midwestern time capsule with a full salad bar and whiskey-marinated fillets. —

Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Do not skip the ghindara no saikyo-yaki—a fillet of black cod marinated for 72 hours and cooked in sake, and wrapped in a Japanese magnolia leaf. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026 The shank is a behemoth chunk of meat, marinated in about a pantry’s worth of spices including black cardamon, cinnamon, allspice, marjoram and cocoa powder. —

Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 Mustard-and-thyme-marinated pork tenderloin on dinner rolls makes for a hearty handful ready for any al fresco affair. —

Brennan Long, Southern Living, 9 May 2026 Late spring protein courses include poached halibut with mussels and smoked Yukon potato, a scallop marinated in sweet mirin and wrapped in savoy cabbage, smoked quail, and roasted lamb saddle and tenderloin with lamb bacon. —

Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 7 May 2026 The mushroom, good for the brain, was marinated in dashi and sesame, seared and then pressed down to remove the liquid. —

Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026 The whole plants are edible, and the farm also sells the leaves and stems, which can be made into salads or chopped and marinated with soy sauce to become kizami, a condiment. —

Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 The sandwich offers a chicken breast filet marinated in Popeyes seasonings and hand-battered and breaded in buttermilk before being fried. —

Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026

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Then in September, floods drowned islanders living in Clarendon and submerged what was left of the banana harvest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Former Wheaton College football players Philip LoChirco (left) and Jalen Shaffer (right) drowned in Lake Michigan on June 13, 2026.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 16 June 2026