Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to badger
Participle: badgered
Gerund: badgering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | badger |
| you | badger |
| he;she;it | badgers |
| we | badger |
| you | badger |
| they | badger |
Perfect
| I | have badgered |
| you | have badgered |
| he;she;it | has badgered |
| we | have badgered |
| you | have badgered |
| they | have badgered |
Past
| I | badgered |
| you | badgered |
| he;she;it | badgered |
| we | badgered |
| you | badgered |
| they | badgered |
Pluperfect
| I | had badgered |
| you | had badgered |
| he;she;it | had badgered |
| we | had badgered |
| you | had badgered |
| they | had badgered |
Future
| I | will badger |
| you | will badger |
| he;she;it | will badger |
| we | will badger |
| you | will badger |
| they | will badger |
Future Perfect
| I | will have badgered |
| you | will have badgered |
| he;she;it | will have badgered |
| we | will have badgered |
| you | will have badgered |
| they | will have badgered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | badger |
| you | badger |
| he;she;it | badger |
| we | badger |
| you | badger |
| they | badger |
Perfect
| I | have badgered |
| you | have badgered |
| he;she;it | have badgered |
| we | have badgered |
| you | have badgered |
| they | have badgered |
Imperfect
| I | badgered |
| you | badgered |
| he;she;it | badgered |
| we | badgered |
| you | badgered |
| they | badgered |
Pluperfect
| I | had badgered |
| you | had badgered |
| he;she;it | had badgered |
| we | had badgered |
| you | had badgered |
| they | had badgered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would badger |
| you | would badger |
| he;she;it | would badger |
| we | would badger |
| you | would badger |
| they | would badger |
Perfect
| I | would have badgered |
| you | would have badgered |
| he;she;it | would have badgered |
| we | would have badgered |
| you | would have badgered |
| they | would have badgered |
Imperative
| you | badger |
| we | Let's badger |
| you | badger |
Verbs conjugated like 'badger'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'badger'
badge,
anger,
auger,
badden,
bagel,
balter,
banner,
banter,
barber,
barge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to annoy persistently
- annoy
- to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound
- blow off, break ass, break wind, crepitate, curmur, cut one loose, cut the cheese, drop a bomb, fart, flatulate, grunt, guff, let fluffy off the chain, let one go, let one rip, pass gas, pass wind, poop, poot, rip ass, rip one, spill the beans, step on a duck, step on a frog, toot, trump
- to harshly mock; to treat with contempt
- bam, barrack, brock, bullyrag, chiack, deride, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, hound, jeer, nip, poke borack
- harass
- annoy, pester, bother, torment, intimidate
Antonyms
- harass
- comfort, cheer, console, compose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.
Sample Sentences
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He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
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"Yeah? Cool. Just a warning: people are going to badger you about that. It's practically inevitable for gay trans people." [2013 September 17, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 426 - Trans AND Gay:]