Synonyms of scribbled

scribbled

verb

past tense of scribble

1

as in scrawled

to write or draw hastily or carelessly

she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrawled
• wrote
• scratched
• squiggled
• printed
• doodled
• penned
• penciled
• jotted (down)
• lettered
• inked
• inscribed

2

as in wrote

to compose and set down on paper the words of

he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrote
• penned
• composed
• authored
• printed
• scratched (out)
• typed
• recorded
• crafted
• rewrote
• revised
• signed
• formulated
• transcribed
• lettered
• drafted
• redrafted
• prepared
• recast
• framed
• drew up
• autographed
• cast
• worded
• phrased
• couched
• penciled (in)
• put
• typewrote
• expressed
• registered
• took down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scribbled

At Dries Van Noten, Thomas de Kluyver scribbled inky liner into the hollows of eyes and just under the lash line. — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Looney Tunes reference scribbled in the geographic direction of Hollywood. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

However, over that time, the amounts typically scribbled or printed on the face of those checks rose. — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

With so much data to take in, penalty ‘cheat sheets’ have started to appear on goalkeeper’s bottles and scribbled on pieces of paper. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Her Eras Tour, the really beautiful white gown with her lyrics that were scribbled across the dress that was custom Vivienne. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

The two teenagers who walked into a San Diego mosque with assault rifles on Monday wore patches displaying the Black Sun—a neo-Nazi iteration of the swastika—and had scribbled white-supremacist symbols in white correction fluid on their guns. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026