SQUIGGLED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

squiggled

verb

past tense of squiggle

as in tossed

to make jerky or restless movements a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers

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as in scribbled

to write or draw hastily or carelessly there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book

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Recent Examples of squiggled For me, this breakfast isn’t complete without a healthy squirt of sriracha squiggled across the entire plate. — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 July 2026 The cake is gingery, light and moist, squiggled with thick cream cheese frosting. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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Roman Reigns tossed the chair aside, moving past his obsession.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Joe Mack homered, Xavier Edwards added an RBI single and Sandy Alcantara tossed six-plus solid innings for the Marlins, who won the final three games of the four-game series.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossed

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However, over that time, the amounts typically scribbled or printed on the face of those checks rose.

— Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
With so much data to take in, penalty ‘cheat sheets’ have started to appear on goalkeeper’s bottles and scribbled on pieces of paper.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of scribbled

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One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.

— Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of fidgeted

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Building facades don't just look weathered and soot-stained, graffiti is scrawled on them and posters are peeling off them.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The cat had blood pouring from its mouth and was surrounded by arcane symbols scrawled on the walls, court documents show.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of scrawled

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Many a club’s board would have twitched in the face of the bare data, but the chain of command above Arteta stayed the course, and the FOMO is so high that tickets for Palace away this weekend are going for £45,000 ($60,000) on resale sites.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
My jaw twitched uncontrollably.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of twitched

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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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Belloumi’s 64th-minute strike with his left foot broke the deadlock in the second game of the two-leg affair and Gelhardt made sure with a low shot that squirmed past the Millwall goalkeeper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 May 2026
His Japanese guest, usually a paragon of diplomatic cool, visibly squirmed.

— Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of squirmed

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In the classic entrepreneurial discussion, hope gets twisted a bit.

— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Quixotic aerialists twisted, turned and unfolded above the crowd, using flowing fabric and butterfly-inspired movements to mirror the creatures being celebrated.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

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