# Words that are their own opposites

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**Created:** [August 22, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-their-own-opposites/949331 "2021-08-22T22:53:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-their-own-opposites/949331/47 "2022-10-28T12:42:38Z")

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**barked** = covered with bark

**barked** = stripped of its bark

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