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
  • Bryant Vincent’s team has teased in each of his first two years in Monroe, starting 3-1 last season before the roof caved in with eight straight setbacks.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • While the flagship movie franchise is coming to an end, Diesel previously teased that NBCUniversal has four TV shows in development from the Fast & Furious world.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 July 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
  • Pro-Cleveland newspapers disparaged Halpin’s character and ran reports that Blaine’s wife was pregnant before they were married.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026
  • By the way they’re subtly disparaged for not being financially irresponsible to declare their fanaticism.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Definition of disparaged
Verb
  • Daniel also quizzed Saulter on his personal relationship with Garcia’s family, but the exchange was disregarded after an objection from prosecutors.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • During what must have been a slow news day Monday, the sports writers at USA Today quizzed Microsoft’s Copilot on the day’s World Cup matches.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 18 June 2026
Definition of quizzed
Verb
  • Such plans are likely to face resistance from the performers union SAG-AFTRA, which has decried the use of synthetic actors such as Tilly Norwood.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The sentiment was largely the same across social media platforms as ⁠fans decried the ​effective creation of games divided into four quarters.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 July 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
  • In the Chicago area, officials said three men captured a victim and shot him multiple times in the head and allegedly taunted his mother.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Tournament favorites France, for example, have so thoroughly taunted and tormented their opponents that anything short of the final would seem an injustice at this point.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
Definition of taunted
Verb
  • These slip-on sneakers get a leg up (pun intended) for their ribbed, chunky lug soles.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Both Nanjiani’s castmates, and Davies and Horne, ribbed him as a famous Hollywood interloper on their little show, and that label stuck in a way that seemed to limit his gameplay and constrain the show’s own sense of humor.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of ribbed
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“Twitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitted. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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