SQUINCHED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

squinched

verb

past tense of squinch

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body squinched down to fit under the table

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as in distorted

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition squinched up her eyes in disgust

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as in flinched

to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him

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Verb

Every few feet, the cats stopped and sat on their hindquarters, or crouched down out of sight.

— Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
After getting broken to fall behind 2-4 in the third, Djokovic attempted to knock a ball back to the ball boy, who was crouched beside the umpire’s chair.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of crouched

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Ground-level testing often gets distorted by background emissions from surrounding soil and vegetation, while flying delicate sensors directly into corrosive plumes rapidly destroys the equipment.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Whether the market is softening, stabilizing, or simply distorted by overly optimistic sellers requires someone to watch and interpret conditions in the present tense.

— John Walkup, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
The kid never flinched, played almost every game.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of flinched

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All around him, young men and women huddled together, warming their cold hands on hot coffee cups.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
One year and two days after Walker started his program in Springfield, the Cardinals huddled in the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field on July 4.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of huddled

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If your aloe vera plant isn’t getting enough water, its leaves will look thinner than usual or become limp or curled.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
Laura followed him, curled her body gently into his on top of the covers, lying there as all the streetlamps came on outside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of curled

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Thus, the outright majority of American voters, the Independents, get royally screwed again in favor of folks who represent about a quarter of Americans, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision.

— Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Last year, Katz filmed a video of his new protégé shucking oysters, chopping wood, swinging kettlebells, and speaking directly to the camera in a muddy sweatshirt about how the oligarchy had screwed their beloved state.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of screwed

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Markets recoiled for a moment, then kept climbing, the Nasdaq tripling before the decade was out.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
And when the Walmart collaboration arrived in 2007 — a full collection at twenty dollars and under — the industry recoiled once again.

— Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of recoiled

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