RUTTED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

rutted

adjective

as in undulating

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Recent Examples of rutted The trail was initially a bit rutted but quickly smoothed out. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 She was driven through rutted streets in which not a single building remained intact. — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 Abandoned in the dark, rutted parking lot of a run-down strip mall, Nurul Amin would have sensed the shadowy unwelcome of closed and vacant storefronts. — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026 The refuge is at the end of a 25-mile-long rutted dirt road that climbs through a shadowy forest of pine and spruce, punctuated by the sparkle of the occasional stream or meadow. — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 At the edge of town, off a rutted road, stands Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, a sprawl of concrete and razor wire. — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2026 The first of the three legs in an inaugural fundraiser called the Wagora Bike Ride unspools along rocky red clay roads and through rutted jeep tracks, past braying herds of zebra and startled warthogs. — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026 Driving impressions All-terrain tires — a no-cost option — gave the bZ Woodland reasonable capability on a rutted dirt trail up to a scenic ocean view overlook miles inland from the coast. — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 With a 35-degree climbing capability and 270mm of ground clearance, the D2 Pro has the room and power to handle rutted trails, loose dirt, and steeper climbs without feeling overwhelmed. — New Atlas, 23 June 2026

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Many are formulated to address a concern (dandruff, breakage, brittleness) or to work most effectively for a specific hair type (4C curls, wavy hair, gray hair).

— Sara Coughlin, Allure, 9 July 2026
Laura Dern’s fishtail is a loose, wavy, heatless style that gives an effortless, yet put-together look.

— Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 8 July 2026

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Now the 49ers plunge into the first round of the playoffs, the Super Bowl no longer looming on the horizon, but a speck somewhere in the distance at the end of the bumpy, rutty detour that their defeat has shunted them down.

— Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2026
Running terrain of the rocky-rooty-rutty variety is fun and rewarding, but no easy task.

— Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2025

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