SLOUCHED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

slouched

verb

past tense of slouch

as in dragged

to move slowly slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral

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Recent Examples of slouched Jarvaise, wearing black shades, his shoulder-length hair combed back, sits slouched at the lower center of Taylor’s glowing, yellow canvas. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026 Ellison, who is fifty-five, was slouched behind the wheel with the heater blowing on him. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The Grammy winner’s boots featured an over-the-knee design that slightly slouched around her thigh. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 Video of Dick slouched over on a Los Angeles sidewalk circulated quickly. — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 Her wedge of baked Alaska slouched on the plate like a children’s book illustration meant to convey sadness. — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026 Silk pajama pants slouched over Wales Bonner loafers. — Tyler Matthew Oyer feb. 27, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 Some slouched in couch chairs, trading stories in a game of Dungeons & Dragons. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026 Engage the core to help keep the lower spine curvature neutral and not rounded or slouched. — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025

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Verb

Two men dragged a third into the emergency room and laid him on the floor, according to footage shown in court.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
His efforts dragged him into a love triangle with Annis and her former partner, Corbin Mims, which ultimately left Caleb single ahead of Casa Amor, the show’s midseason twist.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of dragged

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Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

One Wednesday evening in May, at the boutique hotel Dream Hollywood — located just off the Walk of Fame — a young hotel staff member shuffled over to her co-worker to discuss a special guest on the top floor.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Overshadowed by the Folarin Balogun mess is how impressively Rudi Garcia shuffled his midfield and organized his tactics to perfectly counter how Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT wanted to play.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of shuffled

Verb

Authorities offered no immediate crowd count as the truck crept down the street.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
When the rain cleared, an American flag that covered most of the outfield was unfurled during the national anthem, and the fog slowly crept in.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of crept

Verb

After a scrappy passage of play in which Morocco failed to clear their lines, Desire Doue poked a loose ball to Mbappe on the left edge of the area.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 July 2026
But Ecuador’s Gonzalo Plata stuck up his left foot, just in front of Neuer, and poked the ball into the net.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Definition of poked

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