Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to molest
Participle: molested
Gerund: molesting
Indicative
Present
| I | molest |
| you | molest |
| he;she;it | molests |
| we | molest |
| you | molest |
| they | molest |
Perfect
| I | have molested |
| you | have molested |
| he;she;it | has molested |
| we | have molested |
| you | have molested |
| they | have molested |
Past
| I | molested |
| you | molested |
| he;she;it | molested |
| we | molested |
| you | molested |
| they | molested |
Pluperfect
| I | had molested |
| you | had molested |
| he;she;it | had molested |
| we | had molested |
| you | had molested |
| they | had molested |
Future
| I | will molest |
| you | will molest |
| he;she;it | will molest |
| we | will molest |
| you | will molest |
| they | will molest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have molested |
| you | will have molested |
| he;she;it | will have molested |
| we | will have molested |
| you | will have molested |
| they | will have molested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | molest |
| you | molest |
| he;she;it | molest |
| we | molest |
| you | molest |
| they | molest |
Perfect
| I | have molested |
| you | have molested |
| he;she;it | have molested |
| we | have molested |
| you | have molested |
| they | have molested |
Imperfect
| I | molested |
| you | molested |
| he;she;it | molested |
| we | molested |
| you | molested |
| they | molested |
Pluperfect
| I | had molested |
| you | had molested |
| he;she;it | had molested |
| we | had molested |
| you | had molested |
| they | had molested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would molest |
| you | would molest |
| he;she;it | would molest |
| we | would molest |
| you | would molest |
| they | would molest |
Perfect
| I | would have molested |
| you | would have molested |
| he;she;it | would have molested |
| we | would have molested |
| you | would have molested |
| they | would have molested |
Imperative
| you | molest |
| we | Let's molest |
| you | molest |
Verbs conjugated like 'molest'
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 'molest'
monest,
cotest,
forest,
honest,
lest,
moist,
mole,
molester,
molt,
mules,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "to cause trouble, grief, or vexation," from O.Fr.
molester (12c.), from L.
molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from
molestus "troublesome," perhaps related to
moles "mass" (see mole (3)) on notion of either "burden" or "barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950.
Molestation meant "the harassing of a person in his possession or occupation of lands" in Scot. law from 1456; in Eng. common law it came to mean "injury inflicted upon another."
2. From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole. See: Middle English '
molesten', Latin '
molestō'.
Verbs referencing "molest"
Ido molestar, Danish
molestere.
Sample Sentences
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At last he simmered down, choked out his explanations. And the news was indeed enormous. That afternoon, just three hours earlier, his younger sister, Gina, had been molested, debauched, as she crossed a children's playground in the park. [1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2022:]
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They have molested the church with needless opposition. [[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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It was a true sanctuary. Once inside, the Faces were unreachable. Nothing could molest them. They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line. Here they took command, they reigned. [1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2022:]
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A person must not delay, obstruct, hinder or molest an authorized officer who is performing a function under this Regulation. [2020, Chief Executive in Council, “Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation”, in Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Section 13(1), page B555:]