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 Will the contestants get sucked into a chocolate pipe, Augustus Gloop-style? — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 This debris can get sucked into your ductwork or blown back into the house. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026 The passenger sitting in that seat was partially sucked out of the plane, suffering serious injuries, the NTSB said. — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 The 61-year-old man who was nearly sucked out of the plane suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns. — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 The head and shoulders of 61-year-old Ljubisa Karovic, sitting in seat 11F, were sucked out the window, causing significant injuries, his wife told Reuters. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Yet a full 20 years after Obama was elected on a promise to break free of Bush’s legacy, policymakers keep getting sucked into the region by an incentive structure that makes the use of force attractive and minimizes its short-term costs. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026 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

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smelled

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Officers initially smelled the odor of unburnt cannabis during the stop, according to police, and Mark Stephens handed them an open container of weed.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Xcel crews told fire officials that a nearby business had used a cleaning solution that smelled like propane gas.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

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