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straightened

verb , past tense of straighten

Synonyms and Antonyms of straightened

to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls

straighten that extension cord—it should be just long enough to reach the wall outlet

Synonyms of straightened

unbent, uncurled, unkinked

Words Related to straightened

uncoiled, unrolled, unwound

disentangled, untangled, untwined, untwisted

Near Antonyms of straightened

arced, bent, bowed, hooked, rounded

entwined, kinked, swirled, turned, twined, twisted

coiled, looped, spiraled (or spiralled), wound (also winded)

Antonyms of straightened

bent, crooked, curled, curved

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