STRAIGHTENED UP Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

straightened (up)

verb

past tense of straighten (up)

as in spruced (up)

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Bathrooms, complete with rainfall showers, are lined with Bellino Turkish cotton bath towels and Salt and Stone products; beds are made up in Cuddledown linens; and Whirlpool washers and dryers are in every unit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Shanghai, is made up of 29 countries including Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of made up

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Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Other teams on the list James’ agent Rich Paul drew up are the NBA star’s hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of drew up

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The shear has already displaced most of Bertha’s thunderstorms to the south of its center, preventing the storm from becoming better organized.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
That belief has organized how families, schools and talent programs operate for nearly a century.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of organized

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Jacob Rodriguez, Kyle Louis and Trey Moore will be groomed as Miami’s future linebacker trio because their unit happens to be one of the team’s deepest, most talented positions.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
When the cats were in the mood for physical contact, the researchers found that 41 percent of the time cats groomed another cat.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

Definition of groomed

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Most fans had taken care of their trash throughout the match, either putting it in the blue bag or already having disposed of it.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Other food items were also held past their seven-day date marking, which were then disposed of.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026

Definition of disposed

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Grammy rules permit an individual recording to compete in one specialized genre field, even when the album connected to that artist is classified elsewhere.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In using the hydration breaks as an opportunity to air a few minutes of extra commercials per half, Fox’s World Cup coverage has been classified as an entirely separate entity from Telemundo’s traditional ad-free presentation.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

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