Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to varnish
Participle: varnished
Gerund: varnishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | varnish |
| you | varnish |
| he;she;it | varnishes |
| we | varnish |
| you | varnish |
| they | varnish |
Perfect
| I | have varnished |
| you | have varnished |
| he;she;it | has varnished |
| we | have varnished |
| you | have varnished |
| they | have varnished |
Past
| I | varnished |
| you | varnished |
| he;she;it | varnished |
| we | varnished |
| you | varnished |
| they | varnished |
Pluperfect
| I | had varnished |
| you | had varnished |
| he;she;it | had varnished |
| we | had varnished |
| you | had varnished |
| they | had varnished |
Future
| I | will varnish |
| you | will varnish |
| he;she;it | will varnish |
| we | will varnish |
| you | will varnish |
| they | will varnish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have varnished |
| you | will have varnished |
| he;she;it | will have varnished |
| we | will have varnished |
| you | will have varnished |
| they | will have varnished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | varnish |
| you | varnish |
| he;she;it | varnish |
| we | varnish |
| you | varnish |
| they | varnish |
Perfect
| I | have varnished |
| you | have varnished |
| he;she;it | have varnished |
| we | have varnished |
| you | have varnished |
| they | have varnished |
Imperfect
| I | varnished |
| you | varnished |
| he;she;it | varnished |
| we | varnished |
| you | varnished |
| they | varnished |
Pluperfect
| I | had varnished |
| you | had varnished |
| he;she;it | had varnished |
| we | had varnished |
| you | had varnished |
| they | had varnished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would varnish |
| you | would varnish |
| he;she;it | would varnish |
| we | would varnish |
| you | would varnish |
| they | would varnish |
Perfect
| I | would have varnished |
| you | would have varnished |
| he;she;it | would have varnished |
| we | would have varnished |
| you | would have varnished |
| they | would have varnished |
Imperative
| you | varnish |
| we | Let's varnish |
| you | varnish |
Verbs conjugated like 'varnish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'varnish'
garnish,
tarnish,
vanish,
vernish,
banish,
burnish,
evanish,
furnish,
parish,
revarnish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- finish
- glaze, lacquer, shellac, refinish, paint, coat, polish
- embellish
- disguise, adorn, mask, decorate, veil, falsify
Antonyms
- finish
- start, begin, commence, originate
- embellish
- mar, spoil, disfigure, tarnish
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.
Sample Sentences
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[...] hopeless, and profoundly preposterous box, had the remotest reference to, or connection with, those chaste and pretty, not to say gorgeous little bowers, sketched by a masterly hand, in the highly varnished lithographic plan hanging up in the agent 's counting-house in the city of London: that this room of state, in short, could be anything but a pleasant fiction and cheerful jest of the captain 's, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] jalousie blinds, are so sprinkled and dropped about in all directions, without seeming to have any root at all in the ground; and the small churches and chapels are so prim, and bright, and highly varnished; that I almost believed the whole affair could be taken up piecemeal like a child 's toy, and crammed into a little box.
(American Notes for General Circulation)