louse – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to louse
Participle: loused
Gerund: lousing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	louse
you	louse
he;she;it	louses
we	louse
you	louse
they	louse

Perfect

I	have loused
you	have loused
he;she;it	has loused
we	have loused
you	have loused
they	have loused

Past

I	loused
you	loused
he;she;it	loused
we	loused
you	loused
they	loused

Pluperfect

I	had loused
you	had loused
he;she;it	had loused
we	had loused
you	had loused
they	had loused

Future

I	will louse
you	will louse
he;she;it	will louse
we	will louse
you	will louse
they	will louse

Future Perfect

I	will have loused
you	will have loused
he;she;it	will have loused
we	will have loused
you	will have loused
they	will have loused

Subjunctive

Present

I	louse
you	louse
he;she;it	louse
we	louse
you	louse
they	louse

Perfect

I	have loused
you	have loused
he;she;it	have loused
we	have loused
you	have loused
they	have loused

Imperfect

I	loused
you	loused
he;she;it	loused
we	loused
you	loused
they	loused

Pluperfect

I	had loused
you	had loused
he;she;it	had loused
we	had loused
you	had loused
they	had loused

Conditional

Present

I	would louse
you	would louse
he;she;it	would louse
we	would louse
you	would louse
they	would louse

Perfect

I	would have loused
you	would have loused
he;she;it	would have loused
we	would have loused
you	would have loused
they	would have loused

Imperative

you	louse
we	Let's louse
you	louse

Indicative

Present

I	am lousing
you	are lousing
he;she;it	is lousing
we	are lousing
you	are lousing
they	are lousing

Perfect

I	have been lousing
you	have been lousing
he;she;it	has been lousing
we	have been lousing
you	have been lousing
they	have been lousing

Past

I	was lousing
you	were lousing
he;she;it	was lousing
we	were lousing
you	were lousing
they	were lousing

Pluperfect

I	had been lousing
you	had been lousing
he;she;it	had been lousing
we	had been lousing
you	had been lousing
they	had been lousing

Future

I	will be lousing
you	will be lousing
he;she;it	will be lousing
we	will be lousing
you	will be lousing
they	will be lousing

Future Perfect

I	will have been lousing
you	will have been lousing
he;she;it	will have been lousing
we	will have been lousing
you	will have been lousing
they	will have been lousing

Conditional

Present

I	would be lousing
you	would be lousing
he;she;it	would be lousing
we	would be lousing
you	would be lousing
they	would be lousing

Perfect

I	would have been lousing
you	would have been lousing
he;she;it	would have been lousing
we	would have been lousing
you	would have been lousing
they	would have been lousing

Verbs conjugated like 'louse'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'louse'

blouse, bouse, douse, flouse, house, loose, lose, mouse, ouse, rouse,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drop: fumble, bumble, blow, miss, muff

Antonyms

drop: rise, soar, recover, rally

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. lus, "parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," from P.Gmc. *lus (cf. O.N., M.Du., O.H.G. lus, Ger. Laur). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1633. The plural lice (O.E. lys) shows effects of i-mutation. Lousy is 1377 lousi "infested with lice;" figurative use as a generic term of abuse dates from c.1386; sense of "swarming with" (money, etc.) is Amer.Eng. slang from 1843. The verb meaning "to clear of lice" is from c.1440; to louse up "ruin, botch" first attested 1934.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *lewH-?
4. Proto-Germanic *lūs
5. Proto-West Germanic *lūs
6. Old English lūs
7. Middle English lous
8. English louse
9. From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.
10. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā). See: Welsh 'llau'.

Sample Sentences

‘Nor have I combed, washed or loused myself this six months past, there being so few daring deeds to do on this Highway.’ [1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 54:]
There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps. [1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 108:]

louse – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of louse

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'louse'

Verbs similar to 'louse'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences