Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bridesmaid
Participle: bridesmaided
Gerund: bridesmaiding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bridesmaid |
| you | bridesmaid |
| he;she;it | bridesmaids |
| we | bridesmaid |
| you | bridesmaid |
| they | bridesmaid |
Perfect
| I | have bridesmaided |
| you | have bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | has bridesmaided |
| we | have bridesmaided |
| you | have bridesmaided |
| they | have bridesmaided |
Past
| I | bridesmaided |
| you | bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | bridesmaided |
| we | bridesmaided |
| you | bridesmaided |
| they | bridesmaided |
Pluperfect
| I | had bridesmaided |
| you | had bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | had bridesmaided |
| we | had bridesmaided |
| you | had bridesmaided |
| they | had bridesmaided |
Future
| I | will bridesmaid |
| you | will bridesmaid |
| he;she;it | will bridesmaid |
| we | will bridesmaid |
| you | will bridesmaid |
| they | will bridesmaid |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bridesmaided |
| you | will have bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | will have bridesmaided |
| we | will have bridesmaided |
| you | will have bridesmaided |
| they | will have bridesmaided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bridesmaid |
| you | bridesmaid |
| he;she;it | bridesmaid |
| we | bridesmaid |
| you | bridesmaid |
| they | bridesmaid |
Perfect
| I | have bridesmaided |
| you | have bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | have bridesmaided |
| we | have bridesmaided |
| you | have bridesmaided |
| they | have bridesmaided |
Imperfect
| I | bridesmaided |
| you | bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | bridesmaided |
| we | bridesmaided |
| you | bridesmaided |
| they | bridesmaided |
Pluperfect
| I | had bridesmaided |
| you | had bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | had bridesmaided |
| we | had bridesmaided |
| you | had bridesmaided |
| they | had bridesmaided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bridesmaid |
| you | would bridesmaid |
| he;she;it | would bridesmaid |
| we | would bridesmaid |
| you | would bridesmaid |
| they | would bridesmaid |
Perfect
| I | would have bridesmaided |
| you | would have bridesmaided |
| he;she;it | would have bridesmaided |
| we | would have bridesmaided |
| you | would have bridesmaided |
| they | would have bridesmaided |
Imperative
| you | bridesmaid |
| we | Let's bridesmaid |
| you | bridesmaid |
Verbs conjugated like 'bridesmaid'
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 'bridesmaid'
redemand,
band-aid,
bemad,
besmall,
bestain,
bestand,
bikeshed,
braid,
bread,
Bremain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Sample Sentences
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"No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding." [1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, volume 1, page 83:]
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And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne. [1915, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness, volume 45, page 204:]
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"It's in my Data-fax, right here! December Bride: and I'm supposed to bridesmaid!" [1989, Kevin Killian, Shy, page 233:]
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After ten years of friendship and just six months of lackluster bridesmaiding, the women did not even get an invitation to the wedding. [2007, Siri Agrell, Bad Bridesmaid: True Tales of Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums, page 150:]
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Still they bridesmaided for her. [2010, Mark Townsend, Jesus Outside the Box: Twelve Spiritual Tales of the Unexpected, page 308:]