Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deflower
Participle: deflowered
Gerund: deflowering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deflower |
| you | deflower |
| he;she;it | deflowers |
| we | deflower |
| you | deflower |
| they | deflower |
Perfect
| I | have deflowered |
| you | have deflowered |
| he;she;it | has deflowered |
| we | have deflowered |
| you | have deflowered |
| they | have deflowered |
Past
| I | deflowered |
| you | deflowered |
| he;she;it | deflowered |
| we | deflowered |
| you | deflowered |
| they | deflowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflowered |
| you | had deflowered |
| he;she;it | had deflowered |
| we | had deflowered |
| you | had deflowered |
| they | had deflowered |
Future
| I | will deflower |
| you | will deflower |
| he;she;it | will deflower |
| we | will deflower |
| you | will deflower |
| they | will deflower |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deflowered |
| you | will have deflowered |
| he;she;it | will have deflowered |
| we | will have deflowered |
| you | will have deflowered |
| they | will have deflowered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deflower |
| you | deflower |
| he;she;it | deflower |
| we | deflower |
| you | deflower |
| they | deflower |
Perfect
| I | have deflowered |
| you | have deflowered |
| he;she;it | have deflowered |
| we | have deflowered |
| you | have deflowered |
| they | have deflowered |
Imperfect
| I | deflowered |
| you | deflowered |
| he;she;it | deflowered |
| we | deflowered |
| you | deflowered |
| they | deflowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflowered |
| you | had deflowered |
| he;she;it | had deflowered |
| we | had deflowered |
| you | had deflowered |
| they | had deflowered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deflower |
| you | would deflower |
| he;she;it | would deflower |
| we | would deflower |
| you | would deflower |
| they | would deflower |
Perfect
| I | would have deflowered |
| you | would have deflowered |
| he;she;it | would have deflowered |
| we | would have deflowered |
| you | would have deflowered |
| they | would have deflowered |
Imperative
| you | deflower |
| we | Let's deflower |
| you | deflower |
Verbs conjugated like 'deflower'
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 'deflower'
beflower,
reflower,
deflour,
deflow,
depower,
efflower,
enflower,
flower,
unflower,
bepower,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, infect, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
- despoil
- ravish, defile, rape, violate, molest
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from O.Fr.
desflorer (13c.), from L.
deflorare from
flos "flower" (see flora). Notion is "to strip of flowers," hence "to ravish," which is the original sense in Eng.
"The French Indians are said not to have deflowered any of our young women they captivated." [1775]
2. From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre. By surface analysis, de- + flower. See: French '
déflorer'.
Sample Sentences
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But when you deflower a girl, that's it. You did it. You were the one. No one else can ever do it. [1995, Harmony Korine, Kids, spoken by Telly:]
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I have to admit this outfit's doing it for me; I may or may not have been deflowered by a junior rodeo champion. [2009, Community, spoken by Jeff Winger:]