SHUFFLED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

shuffled

verb

past tense of shuffle

as in stomped

to move heavily or clumsily the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers

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as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of shuffle the cards and deal five to each player

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Recent Examples of shuffled Finally, the next season, Karlsson was shuffled frequently between Abbotsford and Vancouver and resided at the fringes of the NHL lineup. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Venegas scrolled through his phone while Penna shuffled past us to grab a drink from the office fridge. — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The old football adage about teams making their biggest improvements between their first and second games might not apply in the NFL preseason, when personnel are constantly being shuffled in and out of the action. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Canden Arciniega shuffled on the hot granite terrace on a mid-August morning, counting the names on her list. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 Those imprints started to shutter, your local bookstore got rid of their dedicated horror section, shuffled what was left into General Fiction or Sci-Fi/Fantasy and horror became the purview of the small and indie presses. — Adam Cesare, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Black voters were shuffled around Houston, with much of the previous 9th Congressional District becoming the new 18th District. — Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026 Several writers have also shuffled in and out of the project. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026 Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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The way Brooks stomped, or glided, or moseyed into the end zone will be forgotten.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
San Francisco rolled into SoFi Stadium on Thursday night and stomped the Chargers 41-17.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of stomped

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Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The choices of what to put in each episode — and when to cut from one timeline to another — have sometimes felt arbitrary, and have often disrupted the story’s overall flow.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupted

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But most of the attempts to scale sodium-ion cells stumbled over short lifespans and poor heat tolerance.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
In her attempt to get away, the woman stumbled and injured her leg, screaming for help the whole time, police said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stumbled

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Cirque Dreams, which also offers several other touring shows, used to be regularly confused with Cirque du Soleil strictly because of the similarity of their names.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier, on direct examination, Heilbrun said it may be confused with psychosis.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of confused

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As a parent who has purchased my share of scary Halloween costumes, I was particularly disturbed by the controversy now engulfing Target.

— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
If disturbed, asbestos’ microscopic crystalline fibers get into the air, where they can be inhaled, cause lung scarring and lead to fatal cancers.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026