STROPPED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in sharpened

having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something I was surprised at how sharp the stropped razor was

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verb

past tense of strop

as in stoned

to make sharp or sharper at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades

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Adjective

Under Quotidien’s famously flattering lights, Bieber’s signature beauty vocabulary came into particularly sharp focus.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
Skubal’s command wasn’t at its sharpest in the first inning, with his changeup consistently missing high.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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His battle with Stage 4 oral cancer brought the contours of his life into stark relief, sharpened by seven weeks of radiation and chemotherapy.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Emotionally, though, Proposition 40 has sharpened people’s views of billionaires—as heroic innovators and job creators, or as oligarchical resource hogs.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

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