Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hurl
Participle: hurled
Gerund: hurling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | hurl |
| you | hurl |
| he;she;it | hurls |
| we | hurl |
| you | hurl |
| they | hurl |
Perfect
| I | have hurled |
| you | have hurled |
| he;she;it | has hurled |
| we | have hurled |
| you | have hurled |
| they | have hurled |
Past
| I | hurled |
| you | hurled |
| he;she;it | hurled |
| we | hurled |
| you | hurled |
| they | hurled |
Pluperfect
| I | had hurled |
| you | had hurled |
| he;she;it | had hurled |
| we | had hurled |
| you | had hurled |
| they | had hurled |
Future
| I | will hurl |
| you | will hurl |
| he;she;it | will hurl |
| we | will hurl |
| you | will hurl |
| they | will hurl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hurled |
| you | will have hurled |
| he;she;it | will have hurled |
| we | will have hurled |
| you | will have hurled |
| they | will have hurled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hurl |
| you | hurl |
| he;she;it | hurl |
| we | hurl |
| you | hurl |
| they | hurl |
Perfect
| I | have hurled |
| you | have hurled |
| he;she;it | have hurled |
| we | have hurled |
| you | have hurled |
| they | have hurled |
Imperfect
| I | hurled |
| you | hurled |
| he;she;it | hurled |
| we | hurled |
| you | hurled |
| they | hurled |
Pluperfect
| I | had hurled |
| you | had hurled |
| he;she;it | had hurled |
| we | had hurled |
| you | had hurled |
| they | had hurled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hurl |
| you | would hurl |
| he;she;it | would hurl |
| we | would hurl |
| you | would hurl |
| they | would hurl |
Perfect
| I | would have hurled |
| you | would have hurled |
| he;she;it | would have hurled |
| we | would have hurled |
| you | would have hurled |
| they | would have hurled |
Imperative
| you | hurl |
| we | Let's hurl |
| you | hurl |
Verbs conjugated like 'hurl'
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 'hurl'
burl,
curl,
furl,
gurl,
harl,
hull,
hurr,
hurt,
nurl,
purl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
- cast, chuck, feck, fling, launch, lob, pitch, shy, skew, sling, throw, toss
- to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
- bait, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, cast up one's accounts, chunder, disgorge, drive the porcelain bus, erupt, gag, heave, honk, launch one's lunch, puke, puke up, purge, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, sick up, spew, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, yak
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225,
hurlen, probably related to Low Ger.
hurreln "to throw, to dash," and E.Fris.
hurreln "to roar, to bluster." O.E.D. suggests all are from onomatopoeic
*hurr "expressing rapid motion;" see also
hurry. For difference between
hurl and
hurtle (which apparently were confused since early M.E.) see
hurtle.
2. Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle. See: Middle English '
hurlen', Middle English '
hurlen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] on her side in the waves, with her masts dipping into them, and that, springing up again, she rolls over on the other side, until a heavy sea strikes her with the noise of a hundred great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurled, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)