Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bleat
Participle: bleated
Gerund: bleating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bleat |
| you | bleat |
| he;she;it | bleats |
| we | bleat |
| you | bleat |
| they | bleat |
Perfect
| I | have bleated |
| you | have bleated |
| he;she;it | has bleated |
| we | have bleated |
| you | have bleated |
| they | have bleated |
Past
| I | bleated |
| you | bleated |
| he;she;it | bleated |
| we | bleated |
| you | bleated |
| they | bleated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bleated |
| you | had bleated |
| he;she;it | had bleated |
| we | had bleated |
| you | had bleated |
| they | had bleated |
Future
| I | will bleat |
| you | will bleat |
| he;she;it | will bleat |
| we | will bleat |
| you | will bleat |
| they | will bleat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bleated |
| you | will have bleated |
| he;she;it | will have bleated |
| we | will have bleated |
| you | will have bleated |
| they | will have bleated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bleat |
| you | bleat |
| he;she;it | bleat |
| we | bleat |
| you | bleat |
| they | bleat |
Perfect
| I | have bleated |
| you | have bleated |
| he;she;it | have bleated |
| we | have bleated |
| you | have bleated |
| they | have bleated |
Imperfect
| I | bleated |
| you | bleated |
| he;she;it | bleated |
| we | bleated |
| you | bleated |
| they | bleated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bleated |
| you | had bleated |
| he;she;it | had bleated |
| we | had bleated |
| you | had bleated |
| they | had bleated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bleat |
| you | would bleat |
| he;she;it | would bleat |
| we | would bleat |
| you | would bleat |
| they | would bleat |
Perfect
| I | would have bleated |
| you | would have bleated |
| he;she;it | would have bleated |
| we | would have bleated |
| you | would have bleated |
| they | would have bleated |
Imperative
| you | bleat |
| we | Let's bleat |
| you | bleat |
Verbs conjugated like 'bleat'
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 'bleat'
beat,
blat,
bleam,
blear,
blet,
bloat,
cleat,
pleat,
alert,
bat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat
- baa
- complain
- grotch, kvetch, moan, complain, whine, whinge
- to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment
- bellyache, carp, chunter, complain, crab, croak, dump on, frine, girn, give out, grotch, gruntle, harp, inveigh, make a stink, murmur, nag, nark, rail, repine, ride, snivel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”).
2. Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”). See: Middle English '
bleten', Proto-Germanic '
*blētijaną', Dutch '
blaten', Low Saxon 'bleten', German, old spelling '
blaßen'.
Verbs referencing "bleat"
English
blat.
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonym: baa (sheep and goat)
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In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously. [1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:]
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Near-synonyms: kvetch, moan, whinge, whine, holler
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The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
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Near-synonyms: drone on, go on
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She came skipping to me just now, clapping her little hands and bleating about how very, very happy she was, dear Mrs Travers. The silly young geezer. I nearly conked her one with my trowel. [1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]
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I can't have, for instance, Heracles come bleating to me at some future date, asking please can he have his bow back, and getting all stroppy when I refuse to tell him where it is. [2016, James Lovegrove, Age of Heroes, Solaris, →ISBN:]
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Am I the odd one out for thinking this is quite alarming? That I should find it weird to see a 41-year-old influencer bleating about her “bleph”. [2025 October 11, Jo Ellison, “The forever 35 face of fashion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:]