collied 1 of 2

chiefly British dialect

collied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of colly, chiefly British dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collied
Adjective
  • Black carbon is a dark, sooty byproduct of burning fossil fuels.
    Jillian Mock, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2019
  • By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.
    Mike McCahill, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct.
    John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • Grab this shabby chic bedspread in green, grey or pink.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
  • His longtime caddie and childhood friend, Joe Greiner, ended their partnership amid the strain of shabby results.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The project marks Lawrence's first since her raunchy 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings, and puts her back in the awards conversation after her last Oscar nomination in 2016 for Joy.
    Sharareh Drury, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • During the Secret Lives cast trip, the staff at Vanderpump Villa were getting raunchy.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.
    Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025
  • Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.
    Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2013
Adjective
  • The Justice Department similarly told the Supreme Court that some lower courts are confused about how to evaluate multiple IQ tests under Supreme Court rules for what counts as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • It’s become the subject of much conversation at Variety, and Erickson is similarly confused.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The real world can be messy, and issues will occasionally come up that are out of your control.
    Egor Karpovich, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • The plating was a little messy on a few dishes during my visit.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The 2021 withdrawal was unacceptably chaotic and bloody, the takeover by the Taliban shameful, but that war is now over.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • No dogs will be allowed because Matthews didn’t want dogs’ first experience at the facility to be chaotic and filled with stress.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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