Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thorn
Participle: thorned
Gerund: thorning
Indicative
Present
| I | thorn |
| you | thorn |
| he;she;it | thorns |
| we | thorn |
| you | thorn |
| they | thorn |
Perfect
| I | have thorned |
| you | have thorned |
| he;she;it | has thorned |
| we | have thorned |
| you | have thorned |
| they | have thorned |
Past
| I | thorned |
| you | thorned |
| he;she;it | thorned |
| we | thorned |
| you | thorned |
| they | thorned |
Pluperfect
| I | had thorned |
| you | had thorned |
| he;she;it | had thorned |
| we | had thorned |
| you | had thorned |
| they | had thorned |
Future
| I | will thorn |
| you | will thorn |
| he;she;it | will thorn |
| we | will thorn |
| you | will thorn |
| they | will thorn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thorned |
| you | will have thorned |
| he;she;it | will have thorned |
| we | will have thorned |
| you | will have thorned |
| they | will have thorned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thorn |
| you | thorn |
| he;she;it | thorn |
| we | thorn |
| you | thorn |
| they | thorn |
Perfect
| I | have thorned |
| you | have thorned |
| he;she;it | have thorned |
| we | have thorned |
| you | have thorned |
| they | have thorned |
Imperfect
| I | thorned |
| you | thorned |
| he;she;it | thorned |
| we | thorned |
| you | thorned |
| they | thorned |
Pluperfect
| I | had thorned |
| you | had thorned |
| he;she;it | had thorned |
| we | had thorned |
| you | had thorned |
| they | had thorned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thorn |
| you | would thorn |
| he;she;it | would thorn |
| we | would thorn |
| you | would thorn |
| they | would thorn |
Perfect
| I | would have thorned |
| you | would have thorned |
| he;she;it | would have thorned |
| we | would have thorned |
| you | would have thorned |
| they | would have thorned |
Imperative
| you | thorn |
| we | Let's thorn |
| you | thorn |
Verbs conjugated like 'thorn'
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 'thorn'
horn,
adorn,
anorn,
attorn,
behorn,
chord,
chore,
churn,
corn,
dehorn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
2. Cognates
3. Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Russian тёрн (tjorn), Polish cierń, Kamkata-viri taňi, tai (“thorn”), Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”). See: Low Saxon 'Doorn', Dutch '
doorn'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] human nature is, above all things, lazy, and needs to be thorned and goaded up those heights where it ought to fly. [1869, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Old Town Folks:]
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Even Judge Bradley's callused sentiments were thorned by the narration of Jaclyn's journals. [2003, Scott D. Zachary, Scorn This, page 175:]