SCRAPED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in scrubbed

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verb

past tense of scrape

as in scratched

to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it

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as in grazed

to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface she scraped her knee when she fell down

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as in gritted

to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention

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Recent Examples of scraped

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To get the tortoise’s DNA material, Jonathan’s veterinarian Joe Hollins pretended to feed him, wedged his mouth open with a hard glove and scraped cells from inside his cheek. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks. — Space.com Staff, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Many of the musicians focused on the fact that, by definition, AI generates music based on existing music scraped from across the web. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Chegg, an education and learning platform, claimed in its lawsuit that Google illegally scraped its educational content. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 One side was engraved with letters, but the inscription was hard to read, the markings were faded, almost as if they’d been scraped off. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Basically a ribeye with one long rib bone still attached and scraped clean, this cut of meat gets its name from its resemblance to a tomahawk. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026 Just 413 fans attended this Thursday afternoon makeup game against the White Sox, representing a wild decline for a team that almost scraped out a win in the World Series just two years before. — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026 Language models now write clean, fluent messages and can personalize them at scale using details scraped from social media. — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraped

Adjective

The three scoured data collected by the Chandra space telescope between 1999 and 2017 and painstakingly filtered out any random artifacts and other junk.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.

— Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

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Atlanta scratched across three runs against a shaky Blake Snell and a parade of Dodgers relievers, while Ray Kerr and Didier Fuentes, among others, held the powerful LA lineup to just two.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
San Jose Sharks star center Macklin Celebrini was scratched from the team's lineup at the Dallas Stars on Monday night because of a lower-body injury, and coach Ryan Warsofsky said the 20-year-old face of the franchise was still being evaluated.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of scratched

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In theory, a meaningful reduction in diesel prices could lower expenses for farmers and truckers, while easing the cost burden for shoppers crunched by a rise of inflation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Video from OnScene, a news service, showed the vehicle crunched with its airbags deployed.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of crunched

Adjective

Special foils, triple silver-coated glass, and roof airflow prevent heat buildup inside the car.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
Best Nontoxic Stainless Steel Swaps Replace an entire collection of old coated cookware in one fell swoop with this do-everything pots and pans set from Cuisinart.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of coated

Adjective

The top is a thick slab of sandblasted acrylic that lends the surface a serene luminosity.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
The standard Hornbill blade uses a micro-sandblasted treatment, creating an even matte surface that is understated and resistant to fingerprints.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Definition of sandblasted

Adjective

The Netflix series from Rebecca Cutter starring Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow, who lead a cutthroat yet soapy set of Texas housewives, has nabbed a season three renewal ahead of season two’s return.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Shawn could hear his mother still clattering about in the kitchen, could smell the soapy smell of the man’s body.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026