Antonyms for Lurch
lɜrtʃlurch

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1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

   an unsteady uneven gait

   Synonyms:
   stagger, misstep, lurch, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

2. lurchnoun

   a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

   Synonyms:
   lunge, pitch, stumble, stagger, pitching

3. lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun

   abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

   "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, tar, pitch shot, lunge, stumble, delivery, pitch, slant, lurch, pitching, auction pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, rake

4. lurch, lungeverb

   the act of moving forward suddenly

   Synonyms:
   stagger, lurch, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thrust

5. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb

   walk as if unable to control one's movements

   "The drunken man staggered into the room"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, lurch, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reel

6. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

   move abruptly

   "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

   Synonyms:
   cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, lurch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

7. lurchverb

   move slowly and unsteadily

   "The truck lurched down the road"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

8. prowl, lurchverb

   loiter about, with no apparent aim

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, lurch, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunk

9. lurch, skunkverb

   defeat by a lurch

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, lurch, keel, prowl, skunk

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1. lurchverb

   Synonyms:
   sway, stagger, roll, dodge, shift, evade, bilk

How to use Lurch in a sentence?

1. Mickey Mehta:

   Neither Buddha built a Buddhist temple nor did Christ build a Catholic church, but these humans in their name have left the spirituality seekers in the lurch. No religious organizations have ever delivered God to humans, yes an idea of God may have been made available. The divinity has to be self realized, stop searching in temples, look within and get MickeyMized.

2. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

   New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

3. Jeff Bock:

   We have to prepare for the inevitability that one, or more, of the major chains may not survive if this situation continues to lurch into next summer, the number of movie theaters that will close on a permanent basis will be directly proportional to how long it takes the US to stomp out the virus.

4. Jason Miller:

   Directionally Biden's liberal policies really scare people, and more are unaware of the crazy leftist lurch Joe Biden's made since the primary, i would expect them to be fully educated on all of it by Election Day though.

5. Faiza:

   A fair weather friend always leave you in a lurch.

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