SWIRLED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in twisted

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verb

past tense of swirl

as in stirred

to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down

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as in twirled

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis swirled her skirts as she danced the tango

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The hurricane’s center swirled parallel to the coast, closing in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rain were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning. — Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Tweets about Cunningham, thinkpieces, and rebuttals have all swirled into an endless mass of controversy — one dominated by derogatory rhetoric, threats, and anti-trans memes. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026 East of the center, moisture being swirled northward was still posing a flood risk. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Speculation about what would become of CNN swirled following the news of the media megamerger, which puts WBD’s CNN and Paramount’s CBS News under the same roof. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026 Once the sales process began, rumors swirled around the making and quality of Artificial. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Rumors have swirled about their eyeing production jobs at Netflix and Sony. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 The brand’s Classic Pecan Pie Ice Cream combines rich brown sugar ice cream with roasted pecans and, of course, pieces of flaky pie crust swirled with a pecan pie filling. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 This revelation comes shortly after rumors swirled about Beatrice and Eugenie potentially losing their royal titles. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2026

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Adjective

This monster is a twisted version of the ideal parent, a collection of traditional maternal impulses pushed to almost comical extremes.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Balenciaga offered a variety of wide-leg jeans—some with twisted seams and heavy distressing.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

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The DeepSeek shock in early 2025 triggered another freakout as the Chinese AI model stirred doubts about the necessity of all that capex.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, Yu Hao, the founder and CEO of leading robot-vacuum-maker Dreame, made headlines and stirred controversy with his goal of building it into the world’s first $100 trillion company.

— Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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The Bombers took care of the BoSox in last year’s Wild Card when Cam Schlittler twirled eight scoreless innings and struck out 12 against his hometown team in a do-or-die Game 3, his postseason debut.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Ornate crystal fixtures illuminated the grand ballroom as dancers in Prohibition-era attire twirled to the music.

— Michelle Polizzi, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of twirled

Adjective

Where Jacob’s process worked with the natural spontaneity (and trial and error) of human handiwork and fabric, AI probably would have just given the birds a warped beak or extra foot.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
The following adventure is a wild blend of time travel, crime, and a warped version of reality.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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Bubba Wallace exited the Bank of America 400 on Lap 77 after Alex Bowman spun into him near the bank on the Turn 2 corner exit on Sunday in a race eventually won by Chase Briscoe.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
The track hoe operator repeatedly spun the machine to the west, dug into a mound of sand, spun 180 degrees and dropped the sand.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

From John Madden, who directed the seven-time Oscar winner Shakespeare in Love, the pic stars Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans as strangers whose lives become entwined when both are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Kiton A far cry from its prep-school cousins, Kiton’s take on the traditional cable knit blows up the proportions with more loosely entwined cords, making a statement with negative space—and a gutsy chartreuse color.

— Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026

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