Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to embrittle
Participle: embrittled
Gerund: embrittling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | embrittle |
| you | embrittle |
| he;she;it | embrittles |
| we | embrittle |
| you | embrittle |
| they | embrittle |
Perfect
| I | have embrittled |
| you | have embrittled |
| he;she;it | has embrittled |
| we | have embrittled |
| you | have embrittled |
| they | have embrittled |
Past
| I | embrittled |
| you | embrittled |
| he;she;it | embrittled |
| we | embrittled |
| you | embrittled |
| they | embrittled |
Pluperfect
| I | had embrittled |
| you | had embrittled |
| he;she;it | had embrittled |
| we | had embrittled |
| you | had embrittled |
| they | had embrittled |
Future
| I | will embrittle |
| you | will embrittle |
| he;she;it | will embrittle |
| we | will embrittle |
| you | will embrittle |
| they | will embrittle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have embrittled |
| you | will have embrittled |
| he;she;it | will have embrittled |
| we | will have embrittled |
| you | will have embrittled |
| they | will have embrittled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | embrittle |
| you | embrittle |
| he;she;it | embrittle |
| we | embrittle |
| you | embrittle |
| they | embrittle |
Perfect
| I | have embrittled |
| you | have embrittled |
| he;she;it | have embrittled |
| we | have embrittled |
| you | have embrittled |
| they | have embrittled |
Imperfect
| I | embrittled |
| you | embrittled |
| he;she;it | embrittled |
| we | embrittled |
| you | embrittled |
| they | embrittled |
Pluperfect
| I | had embrittled |
| you | had embrittled |
| he;she;it | had embrittled |
| we | had embrittled |
| you | had embrittled |
| they | had embrittled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would embrittle |
| you | would embrittle |
| he;she;it | would embrittle |
| we | would embrittle |
| you | would embrittle |
| they | would embrittle |
Perfect
| I | would have embrittled |
| you | would have embrittled |
| he;she;it | would have embrittled |
| we | would have embrittled |
| you | would have embrittled |
| they | would have embrittled |
Imperative
| you | embrittle |
| we | Let's embrittle |
| you | embrittle |
Verbs conjugated like 'embrittle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'embrittle'
embattle,
embottle,
brattle,
bristle,
embitter,
embrangle,
embreathe,
embrine,
embrute,
smittle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Italic *en
4. Proto-Italic *en-
5. Latin in-
6. Old French en-bor.
7. Middle English en-
8. English em-
9. English brittle
10. English embrittle
11. From em- + brittle.
Sample Sentences
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But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before. [2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):]
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True, hydrogen has some drawbacks. It’s costly to liquefy or compress for storage. It’s also hard to push through existing gas pipelines because it’s so light that it leaks, and it embrittles the pipes. [2023 February 27, Peter Coy, “A Gold Mine of Clean Energy May Be Hiding Under Our Feet”, in The New York Times:]