BLUDGING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

bludging

verb

present participle of bludge, chiefly Australian & New Zealand

as in sponging

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In the collision of spice, sharpness and seedy crunch, and in the sponging way potatoes soak up butter, the intensity never seems like too much.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
While the sponging industry has diminished over the years (largely because most modern-day consumers use artificial versions for dish scrubbing and housecleaning), there’s still a considerable market for the natural ones, especially in Europe.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026

Definition of sponging

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Meanwhile, the palace has been besieged by loutish suitors, led by the scheming Antinous (Robert Pattinson), all of them vying for the queen’s hand in remarriage and mooching off the absent king’s food and wine.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
On top of that, Nico is also, quite obviously, just mooching off/clinging to Mindy because he got cut off by his family.

— Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

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This was in 1824, in London, and Shelley, twenty-seven, and two years the widow of Percy Bysshe Shelley, spent a season begging a mutual friend, the playwright and actor John Howard Payne, to set them up.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
The title was the name of a red-haired, green-eyed young fan Parton met signing autographs, and the story of a woman begging a rival to leave her man alone.

— RJ Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of begging

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But John survives by conjuring bubble wrap to suppress the impact.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Rather than conjuring up flashy futuristic machines, this startup wants to give truckers the keys to practical vehicles that are easy to maintain, simple to repair on the road, and capable of lasting for years.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of conjuring

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Bowie and Renan’s book, imploring politicians to defy the Court and obey the people, would have fit a Kamala Harris Administration perfectly.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The 6-1 vote was met by celebration inside the packed council chambers after dozens spoke out, imploring the council to move forward with the lawsuit.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of imploring

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Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Last month, California Coastkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups tried to expand the clean water protections statewide by petitioning six other regional water boards.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of petitioning

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