TWEAKED Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

tweaked

verb

past tense of tweak

as in pinched

to grasp and move with a small forceful motion Hey, you tweaked my nose!

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as in adjusted

to make small adjustments to You can tweak the settings to customize the display. He spent considerable time tweaking the recipe.

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as in mocked

to make (someone or something) the object of criticism, amusement, or laughter They're always tweaking me about my northern accent.

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Recent Examples of tweaked Meta slightly tweaked its full year capex guidance to $135 billion to $145 billion, from $130 billion to $145 billion. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Rather than doing a literal adaptation, the creators kept the book’s DNA and tweaked the ideas of evil, temptation and power with a contemporary twist. — Annika Pham, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Generate Music is an AI music generator powered by Adobe’s Firefly Music Model, which contains fully licensed content, and can be synced to video edits and tweaked by creators. — Time Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 District staff returned tweaked versions of those goals and guardrails back to the Board of Managers on Tuesday, and board members had lengthy discussion on how to — or whether to — combine the versions together. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026 It’s regularly tweaked, but major changes to it like the universal voucher are rare. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 The analysts tweaked their estimates for the industry ahead of earnings. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 The octave LEDs will now show transposition, aftertouch has been tweaked to feel more responsive, and app connectivity has supposedly been made more reliable. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 Reaves, who tweaked his ankle in practice, still went through his pregame warmup routine Monday. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweaked

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Among the trends expected, discounting will be at or near historic high levels, with retailers aware that consumers are pinched by rising prices.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
While higher gasoline prices have pinched drivers, high diesel prices are pressuring consumers more broadly.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pinched

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Critics mocked Zacharia’s performance during her first and last press conference on Tuesday, and ripped her for describing herself as an attorney, despite having never passed the bar exam.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026
The Difference Between Names And Dynamics Richard Feynman recalled being mocked by another child for not knowing a bird’s name.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of mocked

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Embedded in the production of the show is the feeling of being trapped in a hall of mirrors; scenes are edited flagrantly, drowning the viewer in red herrings.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.

— Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of edited

Verb

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

According to investigators, the shoplifting suspect was armed with a Glock that had been modified to fire fully automatically.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The dual time zone complication was powered by a single automatic movement—a Caliber 27-460 modified by Cottier—meaning that the twin dials could be operated in tandem or set independently.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026

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