UNCURL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

uncurl

verb

ˌən-ˈkər(-ə)l

Definition of uncurl

as in to straighten

to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls uncurled the ribbon and flattened it out

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Recent Examples of uncurl One fall day in 1856, a family of Eastern gray squirrels in rural New York uncurled from a cozy nest in a chestnut tree, looked around, and joined half a billion other squirrels on a multi-state walkabout. — Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024 Exhale, lower the bridge down, then uncurl the trunk to bring the right hip and shoulder back to the ground. — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022 As the pro-United States crowd filling the stadium erupted in cheers, Rapinoe jogged toward the corner flag, uncurled a slow pirouette and lifted her arms to either side, like a bullfighter awash in adulation. — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 7 July 2019 In the short clip, what appeared to be a snake or dragon tail curled and uncurled under video static. — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2017 Using a water hose, uncurl it to make a straight line in the grass. — Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2017

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straighten

Verb

Push through your feet to straighten your legs and bring your left foot forward to return to standing.

— Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 26 Oct. 2026
Chemically straightened Afro hairstyles had gone from being the default to increasingly unfashionable.

— Ata-owaji Victor, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

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