SHUFFLED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

shuffled

verb

past tense of shuffle

as in stomped

to move heavily or clumsily the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers

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as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of shuffle the cards and deal five to each player

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Recent Examples of shuffled Black voters were shuffled around Houston, with much of the previous 9th Congressional District becoming the new 18th District. — Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026 Several writers have also shuffled in and out of the project. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026 Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 And before several services shuffled their rankings earlier this week, no QB ranked inside the top 20. — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 16 July 2026 He’s been shuffled on and off the practice squad here over the years. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 July 2026 Knives Everything from steak knives and chef knives to pen knives usually gets shuffled out the back door of thrift stores. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 14 July 2026 And the more recent installments have shuffled the deck each time, with entirely new sets of lead characters replacing the old ones. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 July 2026 Then she is shuffled back to Korea, and this disjunction is the thing that propels her narrative development. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

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Cece got out of bed, put on a pair of fuzzy pink slippers, and stomped to her mother’s office.

— Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Thornton stomped around the mound, flexing and screaming in celebration.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of stomped

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Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Evans stumbled into it and is still visibly working out what to do with it.

— Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of stumbled

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And this isn't even the first time the USC athletic department has gotten its ancient Greek literature confused.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
The Blazers say a handshake agreement with Mayor Keith Wilson, the city and the county was made in March, and are confused why there has been a shift.

— Jason Quick, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of confused

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As Jonas tries to get work done upstairs, he is repeatedly disturbed by his mother, who is obnoxiously kvelling about his scientific breakthroughs to a neighbor in the yard.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
No matter how popular a priest is, we must be disturbed that the same man is being repeatedly accused.

— Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026