scuffed (up)

past tense of scuff (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuffed (up)
ruffled
Verb
  • Reese, who is in her second WNBA season, ruffled a lot of feathers with those comments.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The move ruffled the feathers of a number of leaders across Latin America, who still grapple with the complicated legacy and violent fallout of past American intervention in the region.
    Megan Janetsky, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Scuffed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuffed%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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