SHAMBLED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

shambled

verb

past tense of shamble

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room

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Recent Examples of shambled There were two potential paths this hilariously overengineered weekend project masquerading as a clock could have shambled down. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

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On the day of disembarkation, shuttle buses pulled up alongside the Odyssey and passengers shuffled out.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
That said, moving off Nikola’s money certainly could/should be a Heat consideration at some point, with Jovic shuffled out of the rotation Wednesday night against the Clippers.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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Despite massive searches, his whereabouts remained a mystery until June of that year when a group of local hikers stumbled upon a boot, some bones and a driver’s license with a familiar face.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Gunn and Safran started off with the successful launch of a new Superman movie last year but then stumbled big with Supergirl, a critical and commercial bomb.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026

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This year, the party headed to Los Angeles, where all your favorite models — and then some — stomped the runway in lace, lace and more lace.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026
McColley pushed Parente out onto the street and stomped his boot in the victim’s face five times, crushing Parente’s head into the pavement before fleecing his pockets and fleeing, according to the criminal complaint.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

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