twitted

verb

past tense of twit
as in teased

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitted
  1. teased
  2. kidded
  3. disparaged
  4. quizzed
  5. decried
  6. razzed
  7. taunted
  8. ribbed
Verb
  • West first teased the album in March 2020, initially targeting a summer release, just as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the music industry and the rhythms of live performance.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Meet Lucia and Jason We've been teased for over a year now that our main duo, Lucia and Jason, are criminals, with Lucia recently being an inmate at the Leonida Penitentiary.
    — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of teased
Verb
  • Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.
    — Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of kidded
Verb
  • Kelly Osbourne isn’t holding back after Dee Snider disparaged her dad, the late Ozzy Osbourne, in a recent social media rant.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of disparaged
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  • Syeda Irtizaali, Director of Unscripted at Netflix UK, was quizzed on the issue today at the Edinburgh Television Festival and responded duty of care had been baked into the production.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The two victims met every night from April 1-3 at Pinder’s apartment in Sweetwater, where they were quizzed about the fraternity’s history and beaten with paddles and canes for wrong answers, according to the affidavits.
    — Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of quizzed
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  • In the weeks since Love Island ended, two of Moreno’s castmates, Dean and Kenzie Annis, have made comments about Moreno online, including one instance in which Annis allegedly decried how much screen time Moreno received.
    — Paula Mejía, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, the panel also made several unwarranted changes to vaccine recommendations, including dropping the universal recommendation for a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine—a move widely decried by medical and health experts.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of decried
Verb
  • Then someone razzed Michael Soroka, the right-handed pitcher from Calgary, and everyone laughed.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In Philly, where Moyer arrived as a 43-year-old, his teammates razzed him constantly.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Definition of razzed
Verb
  • The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of taunted
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  • This relaxed-but-polished organic cotton sweater has a classic crew neckline and ribbed trimming to elevate the look.
    — Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026
  • More than 1,000 shoppers just bought this Shapermint style that tackles all of the above with a soft silicone grip and ribbed band made to stay smooth and secure.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of ribbed
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“Twitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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