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- [stood, styood]
- /stud, styud/
- /stjuːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stood, styood]
- /stud, styud/
Definitions of stewed word
- adjective stewed cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food. 1
- adjective stewed Slang. intoxicated; drunk. 1
- verb with object stewed to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling. 1
- verb without object stewed to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling. 1
- verb without object stewed Informal. to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day. 1
- verb without object stewed to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter. 1
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Origin of stewed
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at stew1, -ed2
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Parts of speech for Stewed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stewed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stewed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stewed
adj stewed
adjective stewed
- bashed — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- cooked — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
- fuddled — Confused or stupefied, especially as a result of drinking alcohol.
- inebriate — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- juiced — intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
verb stewed
- dunned — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- fussed — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- ideated — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- intellectualized — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
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