Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nark
Participle: narked
Gerund: narking
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | nark |
| you | nark |
| he;she;it | narks |
| we | nark |
| you | nark |
| they | nark |
Perfect
| I | have narked |
| you | have narked |
| he;she;it | has narked |
| we | have narked |
| you | have narked |
| they | have narked |
Past
| I | narked |
| you | narked |
| he;she;it | narked |
| we | narked |
| you | narked |
| they | narked |
Pluperfect
| I | had narked |
| you | had narked |
| he;she;it | had narked |
| we | had narked |
| you | had narked |
| they | had narked |
Future
| I | will nark |
| you | will nark |
| he;she;it | will nark |
| we | will nark |
| you | will nark |
| they | will nark |
Future Perfect
| I | will have narked |
| you | will have narked |
| he;she;it | will have narked |
| we | will have narked |
| you | will have narked |
| they | will have narked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nark |
| you | nark |
| he;she;it | nark |
| we | nark |
| you | nark |
| they | nark |
Perfect
| I | have narked |
| you | have narked |
| he;she;it | have narked |
| we | have narked |
| you | have narked |
| they | have narked |
Imperfect
| I | narked |
| you | narked |
| he;she;it | narked |
| we | narked |
| you | narked |
| they | narked |
Pluperfect
| I | had narked |
| you | had narked |
| he;she;it | had narked |
| we | had narked |
| you | had narked |
| they | had narked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nark |
| you | would nark |
| he;she;it | would nark |
| we | would nark |
| you | would nark |
| they | would nark |
Perfect
| I | would have narked |
| you | would have narked |
| he;she;it | would have narked |
| we | would have narked |
| you | would have narked |
| they | would have narked |
Imperative
| you | nark |
| we | Let's nark |
| you | nark |
Verbs conjugated like 'nark'
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 'nark'
bark,
cark,
dark,
fark,
hark,
jark,
lark,
mark,
nack,
narc,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, chap someone's hide, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, hassle, irk, jazz, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rile, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, vex, wind up
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- awrath, gall, get one's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get to, honk off, inflame, infuriate, madden, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, offend, outrage, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, raise someone's shag, rattle someone's cage, rile, roil, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, steam, enrage
- to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment
- bellyache, bleat, carp, chunter, complain, crab, croak, dump on, frine, girn, give out, grotch, gruntle, harp, inveigh, make a stink, murmur, nag, rail, repine, ride, snivel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), ultimately a doublet of nose.
Sample Sentences
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“If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.
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I don’t trust that guy; he’s gonna nark us out.
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It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
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He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
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Nark it! I hear someone coming!