SMATTERED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

smattered

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past tense of smatter

as in pattered

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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of pattered

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The comedian and actress trolled the happy couple with several Instagram posts, including a spoof outfit for Thursday night’s rehearsal dinner and a still from her TV series Life & Beth.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
This is not the first time Newsom’s press office has trolled a politician.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2026

Definition of trolled

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The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Last season was a different situation, as the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces sputtered for the first two-thirds of the regular season before ending it on a 16-game winning streak.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of sputtered

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Holland can be heard saying in the video, while the Euphoria star, whose full name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, chatted with a reporter.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026

Definition of chatted

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Bandito almost rolled up Kyle Fletcher for an early win, and this rattled Fletcher—who suffered his first pinfall of the year against Bandito earlier this year.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Trump has been pressing allies to spend more on defense and join the conflict in Iran while at the same time threatening to seize by force Greenland from NATO-member Denmark, a move that rattled Europeans and the alliance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of rattled

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