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

Definition of fussed

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Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.

— Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026

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If the dollar retained roughly its present purchasing power, a quadrillion-dollar valuation would mean bitcoin had absorbed a significant portion of global capital.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Charter took over the two channels in 2016, when the company absorbed Time Warner Cable.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of absorbed

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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

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