SUCKED Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

sucked

verb

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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rocked

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Recent Examples of sucked On the bridge, Sam taunts his brother before getting sucked out a hole in the observation window, graphically. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026 Often, compositions came from MacLeod watching a YouTube video, thinking the music sucked, then trying to make something more suitable. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026 Motion picture marketing execs cry about the oxygen being sucked out of San Diego Comic-Con by rival studios, even if Disney’s Hall H Marvel panel is one of the last hoorahs to go down Saturday night. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 23 July 2026 And you might easily get sucked into seeing what all is for sale in the non-food section. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Trading Hader sucked the life out of them, the way trading Skubal could for the Tigers. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 22 July 2026 As a result, The Odyssey‘s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes as they’re sucked into the screen. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 The desert — churned, sucked, and acid-washed — rests in these graveyards of the Anthropocene. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 The 'why' behind airline safety rules Local Greek media reported that a piece of the engine had broken off and that debris smashed the window, quickly decompressing the cabin, which led to part of Karović's body being sucked out of the window. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 14 July 2026

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smelled

Verb

The veal barn had a smell Birdie had never smelled anywhere else—antiseptic, then sweet like a flower and rotten like manure.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
According to an incident report by the Gainesville Police Department, Bader smelled of alcohol after that collision.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

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