Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to girn
Participle: girned
Gerund: girning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | girn |
| you | girn |
| he;she;it | girns |
| we | girn |
| you | girn |
| they | girn |
Perfect
| I | have girned |
| you | have girned |
| he;she;it | has girned |
| we | have girned |
| you | have girned |
| they | have girned |
Past
| I | girned |
| you | girned |
| he;she;it | girned |
| we | girned |
| you | girned |
| they | girned |
Pluperfect
| I | had girned |
| you | had girned |
| he;she;it | had girned |
| we | had girned |
| you | had girned |
| they | had girned |
Future
| I | will girn |
| you | will girn |
| he;she;it | will girn |
| we | will girn |
| you | will girn |
| they | will girn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have girned |
| you | will have girned |
| he;she;it | will have girned |
| we | will have girned |
| you | will have girned |
| they | will have girned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | girn |
| you | girn |
| he;she;it | girn |
| we | girn |
| you | girn |
| they | girn |
Perfect
| I | have girned |
| you | have girned |
| he;she;it | have girned |
| we | have girned |
| you | have girned |
| they | have girned |
Imperfect
| I | girned |
| you | girned |
| he;she;it | girned |
| we | girned |
| you | girned |
| they | girned |
Pluperfect
| I | had girned |
| you | had girned |
| he;she;it | had girned |
| we | had girned |
| you | had girned |
| they | had girned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would girn |
| you | would girn |
| he;she;it | would girn |
| we | would girn |
| you | would girn |
| they | would girn |
Perfect
| I | would have girned |
| you | would have girned |
| he;she;it | would have girned |
| we | would have girned |
| you | would have girned |
| they | would have girned |
Imperative
| you | girn |
| we | Let's girn |
| you | girn |
Verbs conjugated like 'girn'
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 'girn'
gern,
gin,
gird,
girl,
giro,
girt,
gurn,
pirn,
air,
airt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment
- bellyache, bleat, carp, chunter, complain, crab, croak, dump on, frine, give out, grotch, gruntle, harp, inveigh, make a stink, murmur, nag, nark, rail, repine, ride, snivel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English gyrnen, a metathesised form of grinnen, grennen. More at grin.
Sample Sentences
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The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal." [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167:]
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At seventy-five or eighty I will be like a child myself, frail and cantankerous, a girning, burdensome old devil. [1999, Jessica Stirling, The Wind from the Hills, St Martin's Press:]
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And Jim was just girning all the time. I telled him to shut it. [2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 107:]