SUCKED (UP) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

sucked (up)

verb

past tense of suck (up)

as in fussed

to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer

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as in soaked (up)

to take in (something liquid) through small openings these lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday

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The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2025

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Hampton drank three Shiner bottled beers and two shots of whiskey at a Grand Prairie pool hall and smoked marijuana at his manager’s house in the hours before the collision, Hampton told a police officer near the scene.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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Over the last year, the world’s mass carmakers have absorbed between $55 billion to $65 billion in combined financial losses and write-downs.

— Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Sutherland further emphasizes this point, saying that calcium and magnesium in hard water can be absorbed into the cotton, making the towels stiff and irritating.

— Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026

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The decision has led to accusations that FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has kowtowed to Trump, who last year won FIFA’s inaugural peace prize, prompting European lawmakers to call for an investigation into how the prize was awarded, Le Monde reported.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
According to Filomeno Aguilar, Jr, once the Europeans were gone, the hacenderos kowtowed to the Americans, offering the island as a protectorate in the hopes of securing favorable access to the lucrative US market for their sugar.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of kowtowed

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