shoved

Thrust with force

Shoved is the past tense of shove, meaning to push forcefully or roughly.

A shove is more aggressive than a push—you shove someone out of the way, shove clothes into a suitcase, or shove past people in a crowd.

He shoved the door open with his shoulder.

She shoved the papers across the desk.

hasty

crammed

Overfilled or overstuffed

packed · wedged · rammed · piled · heaped · thrown · tossed · dumped · stashed · hurried

dismissive

brushed off

Curtly dismissed or ignored

sidelined · ignored · disregarded · marginalized · snubbed · overlooked · cast aside · swept aside · crowded out · displaced

physical

push

Force something away

  • thrustForceful forward motion
  • jostlePush roughly against
  • bumpSlight collision or protrusion

elbow · nudge · propel · shunt · force · ram · jam · cram · squeeze · wedge

aggressive

assault

Violent offensive act

bullying · intimidation · roughhousing · manhandling · roughed up · strong-armed · overpowered · forceful · brutal · combative

Opposites
force/gentleness of physical contact

shovednudged

Pushed gently to prompt

caressed · stroked · patted · tapped · brushed

direction of movement

shovedpulled

Drew with force

yanked · tugged · drew · dragged · hauled

Phrases
Family

shove, shoving, shoves

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G