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Antonyms for curl
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term curl.
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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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, 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, 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"
Synonyms:
wave, curl up, 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, curvecurl, waveverb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
Synonyms:
kink, undulate, brandish, coil, roll, curl up, draw in, wave, beckon, flap, loop, curve, flourishcurlverb
play the Scottish game of curling
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use curl in a sentence?
Good Foodie founder Yumna Jawad:
That said, you could get away with just cutting in half instead of in quarters but they will curl less that way.
Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet.
A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
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
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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