CORKSCREWED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

corkscrewed

verb

past tense of corkscrew

as in pulled

to draw out by force or with effort practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness

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as in curled

to follow a circular or spiral course the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill

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straightened

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Recent Examples of corkscrewed One crew member from each team was taken to hospital after the New Zealand boat nosedived and immediately corkscrewed 90 degrees, directly into the path of the French boat just a few metres behind. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 19 June 2026

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Michael Whatley‘s campaign against Democrat Roy Cooper on Tuesday evening, even as Republican PACs have quietly pulled funding from the race.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
Wilson is part of the reason three mothers pulled their children this year from a San Diego-area Christian school, which pursued an affiliation with ACCS.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

The top layers were pulled back and away from her face, then pinned behind her ears to show off major diamond earrings, and the lengths were loosely curled.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
Ten seconds into the game, Gray curled off the right wing and took a pass from teammate Jordin Canada at the top of the key.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of curled

Verb

But my grandmother’s note also gave me a chilling glimpse of the familial tension that Dad held coiled inside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Even after this week's Houthi attack on a Saudi Aramco facility, WTI is coiled in a tight triangle between falling resistance in the low 100s and rising support near 90.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of coiled

Verb

Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
In that moment, walking through room after room of marble and silk and silver, all of it extracted from illiterate workers in the fields and fishing boats on the horizon, the reasons for the Protestant Reformation became fully clear to me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracted

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Where the Duo has curved edges and a distinct D-like appearance, the Z Fold 8 is strictly rectangular with sharp edges all around.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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