TOSSED Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

tossed

verb

past tense of toss

as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

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as in jerked

to make jerky or restless movements tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm toss that football over here

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as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

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Recent Examples of tossed In his second start since returning from the 15-day Injured List, Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan tossed five shutout innings and gave up four hits. — Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 Most injuries occurred as residents were tossed from beds or stumbled in the dark; trains and airport links were briefly disrupted, a Tokyo water main burst, and hundreds lost power. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Cloherty tossed a 40-yard TD pass to Thornton late in the first half and hit him again for a 36-yard score in the third quarter that made it 14-14. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Chicago used an opener, left-hander Sean Newcomb, before going to right-hander Eric Fedde as the bulk reliever, who tossed four innings, allowing three hits and one walk, while striking out two. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 Owens hit a Frog Splash through the announce desk on Punk and tossed him back into the ring. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Luis Arraez homered, Garrett Stubbs had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Nola tossed seven strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins, 4-1 on Wednesday night. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The film was a left-wing Sunday-school lesson dressed up as…another tossed-together Cox neo-Western. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026 The case was initially tossed in early 2020, then again in 2021 and revived in early 2023 before once again being tossed this week. — Austin Perry, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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Markets have lurched up and down as oil prices shot higher because of the war with Iran.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
His car lurched forward with Miller’s arm still reaching through the window, briefly dragging the cop down the street.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of lurched

Verb

But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

Definition of jerked

Verb

Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of threw

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Alas, this compact between viewer and moviemaker is discarded in most contemporary comic book movies.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
While the business of cosmetically modified, futuristic-looking pets remains in its infancy, animal rights groups worry that eventually the creatures will be created, sold and later discarded in crowded municipal shelters.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of discarded

Verb

One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.

— Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of fidgeted

Verb

The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream’s 124-88 win, recalling a trend that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games.

— Zach Powell, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Video shows the moments when the man, who appears to be a United States Postal Service employee, hurled an object at a rare albino peacock and then hit it with a stick last week.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurled

Verb

The concern is that I would get emotionally involved with this girl too soon after being dumped.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Real people went outside and dumped buckets of ice on their heads, ostensibly to spread awareness of a neurodegenerative disease.

— Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026