sucked

past tense of suck, informal + sometimes impolite
as in smelled
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

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Recent Examples of sucked Here we are being sucked back in by technology while trying to enjoy nature. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Rhythms lapse into funky half time for a moment, then get sucked back into warp speed; loops bounce and jitter across the stereo field. — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026 Global temperatures could overshoot targets in the short term, so long as enough carbon was eventually sucked back out of the air to bring those temperatures back down. — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026 Rows of bent heads gazing at their phone screens; each face replaced by a ray of light sucked towards the screen. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The celebrities sucked up a lot of air, and so the show leaned in, switching to all-celebrity casts. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Ever sucked down a gel during a run or chugged coconut water after a tough workout? — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026 With the air sucked out of Yankee Stadium, Spencer Jones — who singled and doubled in his first two plate appearances — struck out swinging to end the threat. — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The authors posit that people from that period sucked on betel nuts to relieve tooth pain, given that these populations are known to have had bad teeth and arecoline is a natural analgesic. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
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  • But after an error allowed Junior Caminero to reach base to start the frame, the Rays finally smelled some life.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • At the hospital, the officer said Lopez smelled like alcohol and had red, watery eyes and his words were slurred.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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