Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sharpen
Participle: sharpened
Gerund: sharpening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sharpen |
| you | sharpen |
| he;she;it | sharpens |
| we | sharpen |
| you | sharpen |
| they | sharpen |
Perfect
| I | have sharpened |
| you | have sharpened |
| he;she;it | has sharpened |
| we | have sharpened |
| you | have sharpened |
| they | have sharpened |
Past
| I | sharpened |
| you | sharpened |
| he;she;it | sharpened |
| we | sharpened |
| you | sharpened |
| they | sharpened |
Pluperfect
| I | had sharpened |
| you | had sharpened |
| he;she;it | had sharpened |
| we | had sharpened |
| you | had sharpened |
| they | had sharpened |
Future
| I | will sharpen |
| you | will sharpen |
| he;she;it | will sharpen |
| we | will sharpen |
| you | will sharpen |
| they | will sharpen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sharpened |
| you | will have sharpened |
| he;she;it | will have sharpened |
| we | will have sharpened |
| you | will have sharpened |
| they | will have sharpened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sharpen |
| you | sharpen |
| he;she;it | sharpen |
| we | sharpen |
| you | sharpen |
| they | sharpen |
Perfect
| I | have sharpened |
| you | have sharpened |
| he;she;it | have sharpened |
| we | have sharpened |
| you | have sharpened |
| they | have sharpened |
Imperfect
| I | sharpened |
| you | sharpened |
| he;she;it | sharpened |
| we | sharpened |
| you | sharpened |
| they | sharpened |
Pluperfect
| I | had sharpened |
| you | had sharpened |
| he;she;it | had sharpened |
| we | had sharpened |
| you | had sharpened |
| they | had sharpened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sharpen |
| you | would sharpen |
| he;she;it | would sharpen |
| we | would sharpen |
| you | would sharpen |
| they | would sharpen |
Perfect
| I | would have sharpened |
| you | would have sharpened |
| he;she;it | would have sharpened |
| we | would have sharpened |
| you | would have sharpened |
| they | would have sharpened |
Imperative
| you | sharpen |
| we | Let's sharpen |
| you | sharpen |
Verbs conjugated like 'sharpen'
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 'sharpen'
shapen,
charper,
happen,
harden,
harken,
harten,
resharpen,
scarcen,
scarper,
shaden,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp + -en.
Sample Sentences
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[...] an exact contrast to himself. He was short and slender, lithe and catlike in his motions, and had a peering, mousing expression about his keen black eyes, with which every feature of his face seemed sharpened into sympathy; his thin, long nose, ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general; his sleek, thin, black hair was stuck eagerly forward, and all his motions and evolutions [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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By cajoling Legree, and taking advantage of a good-natured interval, Cassy had got him to take her with him to the neighboring town, which was situated directly on the Red River. With a memory sharpened to almost preternatural clearness, she remarked every turn in the road, and formed a mental estimate of the time to be occupied in traversing it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)