strangle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of strangle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to strangle
Participle: strangled
Gerund: strangling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Istrangle
youstrangle
he;she;itstrangles
westrangle
youstrangle
theystrangle

Perfect

Ihave strangled
youhave strangled
he;she;ithas strangled
wehave strangled
youhave strangled
theyhave strangled

Past

Istrangled
youstrangled
he;she;itstrangled
westrangled
youstrangled
theystrangled

Pluperfect

Ihad strangled
youhad strangled
he;she;ithad strangled
wehad strangled
youhad strangled
theyhad strangled

Future

Iwill strangle
youwill strangle
he;she;itwill strangle
wewill strangle
youwill strangle
theywill strangle

Future Perfect

Iwill have strangled
youwill have strangled
he;she;itwill have strangled
wewill have strangled
youwill have strangled
theywill have strangled

Subjunctive

Present

Istrangle
youstrangle
he;she;itstrangle
westrangle
youstrangle
theystrangle

Perfect

Ihave strangled
youhave strangled
he;she;ithave strangled
wehave strangled
youhave strangled
theyhave strangled

Imperfect

Istrangled
youstrangled
he;she;itstrangled
westrangled
youstrangled
theystrangled

Pluperfect

Ihad strangled
youhad strangled
he;she;ithad strangled
wehad strangled
youhad strangled
theyhad strangled

Conditional

Present

Iwould strangle
youwould strangle
he;she;itwould strangle
wewould strangle
youwould strangle
theywould strangle

Perfect

Iwould have strangled
youwould have strangled
he;she;itwould have strangled
wewould have strangled
youwould have strangled
theywould have strangled

Imperative

youstrangle
weLet's strangle
youstrangle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam strangling
youare strangling
he;she;itis strangling
weare strangling
youare strangling
theyare strangling

Perfect

Ihave been strangling
youhave been strangling
he;she;ithas been strangling
wehave been strangling
youhave been strangling
theyhave been strangling

Past

Iwas strangling
youwere strangling
he;she;itwas strangling
wewere strangling
youwere strangling
theywere strangling

Pluperfect

Ihad been strangling
youhad been strangling
he;she;ithad been strangling
wehad been strangling
youhad been strangling
theyhad been strangling

Future

Iwill be strangling
youwill be strangling
he;she;itwill be strangling
wewill be strangling
youwill be strangling
theywill be strangling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been strangling
youwill have been strangling
he;she;itwill have been strangling
wewill have been strangling
youwill have been strangling
theywill have been strangling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be strangling
youwould be strangling
he;she;itwould be strangling
wewould be strangling
youwould be strangling
theywould be strangling

Perfect

Iwould have been strangling
youwould have been strangling
he;she;itwould have been strangling
wewould have been strangling
youwould have been strangling
theywould have been strangling

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry). See: Middle English 'stranglen', Old French 'estrangler', Latin 'strangulō'.

Sample Sentences

  • She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
  • And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string. [1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:]
  • He strangled a scream.
  • The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
  • Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
  • Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […] [1626, Ovid, “The Eighth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page 165:]