Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spiral
Participle: spiraled; spiralled
Gerund: spiraling; spiralling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spiral |
| you | spiral |
| he;she;it | spirals |
| we | spiral |
| you | spiral |
| they | spiral |
Perfect
| I | have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | have spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | has spiraled; spiralled |
| we | have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | have spiraled; spiralled |
| they | have spiraled; spiralled |
Past
| I | spiraled; spiralled |
| you | spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | spiraled; spiralled |
| we | spiraled; spiralled |
| you | spiraled; spiralled |
| they | spiraled; spiralled |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiraled; spiralled |
| you | had spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | had spiraled; spiralled |
| we | had spiraled; spiralled |
| you | had spiraled; spiralled |
| they | had spiraled; spiralled |
Future
| I | will spiral |
| you | will spiral |
| he;she;it | will spiral |
| we | will spiral |
| you | will spiral |
| they | will spiral |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | will have spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | will have spiraled; spiralled |
| we | will have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | will have spiraled; spiralled |
| they | will have spiraled; spiralled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spiral |
| you | spiral |
| he;she;it | spiral |
| we | spiral |
| you | spiral |
| they | spiral |
Perfect
| I | have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | have spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | have spiraled; spiralled |
| we | have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | have spiraled; spiralled |
| they | have spiraled; spiralled |
Imperfect
| I | spiraled; spiralled |
| you | spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | spiraled; spiralled |
| we | spiraled; spiralled |
| you | spiraled; spiralled |
| they | spiraled; spiralled |
Pluperfect
| I | had spiraled; spiralled |
| you | had spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | had spiraled; spiralled |
| we | had spiraled; spiralled |
| you | had spiraled; spiralled |
| they | had spiraled; spiralled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spiral |
| you | would spiral |
| he;she;it | would spiral |
| we | would spiral |
| you | would spiral |
| they | would spiral |
Perfect
| I | would have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | would have spiraled; spiralled |
| he;she;it | would have spiraled; spiralled |
| we | would have spiraled; spiralled |
| you | would have spiraled; spiralled |
| they | would have spiraled; spiralled |
Imperative
| you | spiral |
| we | Let's spiral |
| you | spiral |
Verbs conjugated like 'spiral'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spiral'
inspiral,
pirl,
shirl,
skirl,
spiel,
spill,
spire,
spirit,
spirt,
spirtle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1551, from M.Fr. spiral, from M.L. spiralis "winding, coiling" (1255), from L. spira "coil," from Gk. speira "coil, twist, wreath," from PIE *sper- "to turn, twist." The verb is attested from 1834; the fig. sense is from 1922. The noun is first recorded 1656; U.S. football sense is from 1896. Spiral galaxy first attested 1913.
2. From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Sample Sentences
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The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
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You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
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Her debts were spiralling out of control.
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Excessive contrarianism against the liberal establishment has also resulted in slopulism spiralling off into the most moronic of conspiracy theories. [2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025:]
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She spiralled into a deep depression.
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This one girl taps my insecurities / Don't know if it's real or if I'm spiraling / One voice tells me that they laugh / George says I'm just paranoid [2024, Charli XCX, “Sympathy is a knife”, in Brat:]