Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fritter
Participle: frittered
Gerund: frittering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fritter |
| you | fritter |
| he;she;it | fritters |
| we | fritter |
| you | fritter |
| they | fritter |
Perfect
| I | have frittered |
| you | have frittered |
| he;she;it | has frittered |
| we | have frittered |
| you | have frittered |
| they | have frittered |
Past
| I | frittered |
| you | frittered |
| he;she;it | frittered |
| we | frittered |
| you | frittered |
| they | frittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had frittered |
| you | had frittered |
| he;she;it | had frittered |
| we | had frittered |
| you | had frittered |
| they | had frittered |
Future
| I | will fritter |
| you | will fritter |
| he;she;it | will fritter |
| we | will fritter |
| you | will fritter |
| they | will fritter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frittered |
| you | will have frittered |
| he;she;it | will have frittered |
| we | will have frittered |
| you | will have frittered |
| they | will have frittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fritter |
| you | fritter |
| he;she;it | fritter |
| we | fritter |
| you | fritter |
| they | fritter |
Perfect
| I | have frittered |
| you | have frittered |
| he;she;it | have frittered |
| we | have frittered |
| you | have frittered |
| they | have frittered |
Imperfect
| I | frittered |
| you | frittered |
| he;she;it | frittered |
| we | frittered |
| you | frittered |
| they | frittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had frittered |
| you | had frittered |
| he;she;it | had frittered |
| we | had frittered |
| you | had frittered |
| they | had frittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fritter |
| you | would fritter |
| he;she;it | would fritter |
| we | would fritter |
| you | would fritter |
| they | would fritter |
Perfect
| I | would have frittered |
| you | would have frittered |
| he;she;it | would have frittered |
| we | would have frittered |
| you | would have frittered |
| they | would have frittered |
Imperative
| you | fritter |
| we | Let's fritter |
| you | fritter |
Verbs conjugated like 'fritter'
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 'fritter'
flitter,
bitter,
chitter,
clitter,
fetter,
filter,
flatter,
flutter,
frother,
futter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry.
2. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder. See: Latin '
frīgō'.
Sample Sentences
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I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
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He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
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It is quite possible to fritter one's life away in answer to the endless calls of others.
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Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. [1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:]