ROUGHHOUSED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

roughhoused

verb

past tense of roughhouse

as in wrestled

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as in cut up

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Hinduism itself has long wrestled with the question of how many gods there are, and different answers have been proposed throughout its history, but none of those answers necessarily invalidates the others.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
County officials — caught between a state legislative mandate to cooperate with ICE, a national mass deportation push that was filling their jail with detainees and a vocal electorate that demanded change — wrestled with how to respond.

— Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrestled

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That body, established in 2017 in response to the crimes of Larry Nassar, the Michigan physician who serially abused young gymnasts, can investigate misconduct, including nonsexual misconduct, in any Olympic sport.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Two other people claimed to have been abused by the artist during their childhood, according to Libération, but are also not included in the case headed to trial because the incidents took place too far in the past.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of abused

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Zakarin soon left the company, and Herman and agency owner Russell Collins carried on.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Devers hit a three-run home run in the second inning, Drew Gilbert hit a pair of rally-sparking doubles, and five Giants relievers carried on the momentum that Whisenhunt appeared to be building before his elbow lit up.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of carried on

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In April, popular Chinese actor Jackson Yee made headlines when his studio issued a public statement that his face was being misused by AI drama producers.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
An identity theft monitoring service can add another layer by watching for signs that your personal or financial information may be misused.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of misused

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Apple has now discontinued the older 17 Pro models and slapped $100 price hikes on all other existing models, including the regular iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17e.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Washington had then slapped new 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian wine, hockey sticks and other key goods.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of slapped

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The other has been dismissed or mistreated in a clinic before, and reads the same sentence as confirmation that they were not told the whole story the first time.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Creative labor certainly seems to be disappearing as studios experiment with generative AI, and artists and craftspeople are rightly afraid of being further mistreated, devalued, or replaced.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mistreated

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His exhausted kin of Gainesville, having spent the morning very much alive and the enormity of a half-decade pummeled, agreed.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
The frenzied bear pummeled him repeatedly but couldn’t roll him because the pack was caught in the bushes.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

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