Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drat
Participle: dratted
Gerund: dratting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | drat |
| you | drat |
| he;she;it | drats |
| we | drat |
| you | drat |
| they | drat |
Perfect
| I | have dratted |
| you | have dratted |
| he;she;it | has dratted |
| we | have dratted |
| you | have dratted |
| they | have dratted |
Past
| I | dratted |
| you | dratted |
| he;she;it | dratted |
| we | dratted |
| you | dratted |
| they | dratted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dratted |
| you | had dratted |
| he;she;it | had dratted |
| we | had dratted |
| you | had dratted |
| they | had dratted |
Future
| I | will drat |
| you | will drat |
| he;she;it | will drat |
| we | will drat |
| you | will drat |
| they | will drat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dratted |
| you | will have dratted |
| he;she;it | will have dratted |
| we | will have dratted |
| you | will have dratted |
| they | will have dratted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drat |
| you | drat |
| he;she;it | drat |
| we | drat |
| you | drat |
| they | drat |
Perfect
| I | have dratted |
| you | have dratted |
| he;she;it | have dratted |
| we | have dratted |
| you | have dratted |
| they | have dratted |
Imperfect
| I | dratted |
| you | dratted |
| he;she;it | dratted |
| we | dratted |
| you | dratted |
| they | dratted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dratted |
| you | had dratted |
| he;she;it | had dratted |
| we | had dratted |
| you | had dratted |
| they | had dratted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drat |
| you | would drat |
| he;she;it | would drat |
| we | would drat |
| you | would drat |
| they | would drat |
Perfect
| I | would have dratted |
| you | would have dratted |
| he;she;it | would have dratted |
| we | would have dratted |
| you | would have dratted |
| they | would have dratted |
Imperative
| you | drat |
| we | Let's drat |
| you | drat |
Verbs conjugated like 'drat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drat'
derat,
doat,
drab,
draft,
drag,
dram,
drant,
drap,
draw,
rat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.
Sample Sentences
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Drat you and your evil schemes!
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Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police. [1882, The Japan Daily Mail, page 1129:]
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"Drat that saw-dust, although I shouldn't forget it is the mill that feeds me and mine, but I get so wild when I think of the big fellows I have landed here in days gone by." [1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 155:]
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And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal[…] [1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy, page 14:]