rubbed

VERB

stroke, massage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply brush caress clean coat cover glaze graze grind knead paint pat scrape scrub slather smear smooth spread wear wipe

STRONG

abrade anoint bark buff burnish chafe curry daub erase erode excoriate file fray fret furbish glance gloss grate mop plaster polish put rasp scour shine swab

WEAK

triturate wear down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dirty reveal strip uncover

STRONG

dull make happy please

Example Sentences

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rubbed

Huang rubbed shoulders with the elite, with a network including Donald Trump, Elon Musk and King Charles.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Here she rubbed shoulders with the stars of global country music and even received a standing ovation for her performance of Blanket on the Ground.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

El-Sayed supporters rubbed shoulders with left-leaning influencers and union activists, a group that lent El-Sayed their formidable campaign infrastructure to reach Michigan's large organized labor community.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

She’s coming from Boston every weekend, and she’s rubbed a lot of people in town the wrong way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The salt spray of the waves flew in his face; he caught some and rubbed it into his skin: his hands and wrists and forehead.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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