What are some opposite words for Curl?
Antonyms for Curl
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Wiktionary
curlnoun
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extensioncurlnoun
To cause to move in a curve.
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ringletcurlverb
To make into a curl or spiral.
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uncoil, straighten, unrollSynonyms:
flourish, roll up, arch, coil, loop, curve, spiral, curlicuecurlverb
To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
Antonyms:
unroll, straighten, uncoilcurlverb
To move in curves.
Princeton's WordNet
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scrollnoun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, roll, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bunCurl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.noun
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
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roll, gyre, coil, lock, ringlet, curlicue, whorl, scrolllock, curl, ringlet, whorlverb
a strand or cluster of hair
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roll, gyre, ringlet butterfly, volute, coil, lock, ignition lock, ringlet, helix, curlicue, spiral, curl, lock chamber, whorl, scrollcurl, curve, kinkverb
form a curl, curve, or kink
"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
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wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, curve, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw incurl up, curl, draw inverb
shape one's body into a curl
"She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
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wave, curl up, curl, retract, loop, coil, draw, move in, pull in, suck in, pull, curve, kink, get in, attract, close in, draw incoil, loop, curlverb
wind around something in coils or loops
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kink, hand-build, handbuild, coil, intertwine, loop, curl up, draw in, wave, spiral, gyrate, curl, curvecurl, waveverb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
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kink, undulate, brandish, coil, curl, roll, curl up, draw in, wave, beckon, flap, loop, curve, flourishcurlverb
play the Scottish game of curling
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How to use Curl in a sentence?
We don't have freshmen on our roster so I don't have to come off of a curl screen, I don't have to teach them to how to get over a ballscreen, they know how to do that, so we can more advanced in what we're doing. We're going to be more complex probably on both ends of the court.
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen.
caffeine fixture, liquid buzz, kinda makes the juices curl inside and out like having a pair of powdery legs wrapped tightly around your neck – strong and just a little wicked
As I noted, Heidi and I, we have two little girls. I'm very glad we don't have 17, and it's a great example when the war on women came up, Republicans would curl up in a ball, they'd say, 'Don't hurt me.' Jiminy Cricket!
That's a hint of a whisper of a curl.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2335 | extension | |
#12222 | curl | |
#32067 | straighten | |
#92682 | unroll |
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