TESTED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of tested

as in tried

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verb

past tense of test

as in sampled

to put (something) to a test please test this sample for the presence of lead

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as in stretched

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience

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Each application is pre-tested and integrated into the platform to reduce deployment time and improve reliability for end users. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025

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Yuan, her mother and her father all tested positive for elevated levels of cadmium in their blood in 2019. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 The study, published in the journal Molecular Biology Reports, tested the drug on mouse muscle cells in a laboratory. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tested

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Adjective

But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of tried

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Colombia is home to more than 400 native fruit species thanks to its varied elevations and microclimates, and many of them can be sampled beneath the market’s sprawling roof.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Editors sampled the spreads side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.

— Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sampled

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In a few small depressions farthest from the river, auburn-brown vegetation and peat have stretched into thick floating mats across open water, forming what’s known as a quaking bog.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The confrontation led to a standoff that stretched into Friday morning.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stretched

Adjective

Earlier works tinging with an obscure kind of darkness that hinted at tortured psychological states have all but disappeared from her work and living quarters in lieu of an elegant old world charm.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
But this leads to secrets revealed, lies told and tortured confrontations, not just with others but most intensely with himself.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of tortured

Adjective

To say social media got hot and bothered would be the understatement of the year.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Admittedly, viewers on the festival circuit, like those in Locarno where this debuted, and folks who might catch it on streamers or in niche distribution are unlikely to be very bothered about the film’s lack of impartiality.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

The city has a history of religious coexistence, but the border crisis has strained relations between its Christian and Muslim communities.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Their chitchat is strained by the knowledge that the exchange is transactional.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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