Thesaurus results for SIZZLED

sizzled

verb

past tense of sizzle

as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan

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as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit

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Recent Examples of sizzled But before those blockbuster hopefuls land in theaters, here’s a look at what sizzled and fizzled during the first six months of the year. — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 July 2026 Gigi Hadid sizzled in an itty-bitty brown string bikini for a pool day with her daughter Khai, 5. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 26 June 2026 Everyone from Tiffany Haddish, Remi Bader and Claire Kittle (who all made their runway debuts) to Camille Kostek, Alix Earle and all four of the Nader sisters — Sarah Jane, Mary Holland, Brooks Nader and Grace Ann — sizzled in sexy swimwear. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 The AMAs sizzled, attracting over 40 million viewers. — Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 For her Swimsuit Issue cover, shot in Botswana, Earle sizzled in a gold string bikini by Andi Bagus. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 12 May 2026 In third place, at 12-under, is Cameron Young, who sizzled to a 63 on Saturday. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026 Chefs are eye-to-eye with customers, who curiously watch fish being sliced and sizzled. — Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026 Las Vegas has similarly sizzled. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026

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The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026

Definition of hissed

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Manila clams are woven into Italian cuisine, tossed in pasta or served steamed.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
But don’t miss the crispy duck and walnut, and matsutake steamed chicken at the equally satisfying but more casual Yunnan specialty restaurant, Horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026

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In January 2025, as the LA wildfires raged, people placed bets on Polymarket, one of the leading prediction market platforms.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
These two characters have maybe two minutes of screentime between them, and yet a certain portion of the internet, and Elon Musk, have raged, gnashed teeth and howled to the wind about the way this denigrates a Greek classic.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of raged

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Not long ago, though, the only White men who carried crosses up Stone Mountain burned them.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
As recidivist would-be escapees, de Boeldieu, Marechal, and Rosenthal are transferred to an impregnable medieval fortress, commanded by Captain von Rauffenstein, now burnt, broken in body, and wearing a neck brace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Definition of burned

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It’s celebrated on July 14 because that’s the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution that overthrew the monarchy and sent King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette to the guillotine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Monday will mark eight weeks since authorities say two teens, apparently radicalized by hate online, stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego and killed three congregants, including a security guard who engaged them in a gunfight.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of stormed

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When Burgess put both their names on the sign outside their Bridgeport, Connecticut, workshop, Fuller seethed.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.

— Longreads, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of seethed

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Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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