Synonyms of scribbled

scribbled

verb

past tense of scribble

1

as in scrawled

to write or draw hastily or carelessly

she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrawled
• wrote
• scratched
• squiggled
• printed
• doodled
• penned
• penciled
• jotted (down)
• lettered
• inked
• inscribed

2

as in wrote

to compose and set down on paper the words of

he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrote
• penned
• composed
• authored
• printed
• scratched (out)
• typed
• recorded
• crafted
• rewrote
• revised
• signed
• formulated
• transcribed
• lettered
• drafted
• redrafted
• prepared
• recast
• framed
• drew up
• autographed
• cast
• worded
• phrased
• couched
• penciled (in)
• put
• typewrote
• expressed
• registered
• took down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scribbled

One $10,000 loan, memorialized in a note scribbled in Vietnamese, called for $100 a day in interest. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Her Eras Tour, the really beautiful white gown with her lyrics that were scribbled across the dress that was custom Vivienne. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

The two teenagers who walked into a San Diego mosque with assault rifles on Monday wore patches displaying the Black Sun—a neo-Nazi iteration of the swastika—and had scribbled white-supremacist symbols in white correction fluid on their guns. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026

For half-laughs as well as clarity, a lot of the mission’s step-by-step details appear on the screen, as wee notes scribbled right on top of the action. — Michael Phillips, Variety, 16 May 2026

As a kid, Bazzana scribbled hitting strategies into a little red book. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026

Melville, reading Emerson’s two essay collections in the 1860s, scribbled a mix of agreement and strong disagreement in their margins. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026