Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pommel
Participle: pommeled; pommelled
Gerund: pommeling; pommelling
Indicative
Present
| I | pommel |
| you | pommel |
| he;she;it | pommels |
| we | pommel |
| you | pommel |
| they | pommel |
Perfect
| I | have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | have pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | has pommeled; pommelled |
| we | have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | have pommeled; pommelled |
| they | have pommeled; pommelled |
Past
| I | pommeled; pommelled |
| you | pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | pommeled; pommelled |
| we | pommeled; pommelled |
| you | pommeled; pommelled |
| they | pommeled; pommelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pommeled; pommelled |
| you | had pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | had pommeled; pommelled |
| we | had pommeled; pommelled |
| you | had pommeled; pommelled |
| they | had pommeled; pommelled |
Future
| I | will pommel |
| you | will pommel |
| he;she;it | will pommel |
| we | will pommel |
| you | will pommel |
| they | will pommel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | will have pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | will have pommeled; pommelled |
| we | will have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | will have pommeled; pommelled |
| they | will have pommeled; pommelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pommel |
| you | pommel |
| he;she;it | pommel |
| we | pommel |
| you | pommel |
| they | pommel |
Perfect
| I | have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | have pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | have pommeled; pommelled |
| we | have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | have pommeled; pommelled |
| they | have pommeled; pommelled |
Imperfect
| I | pommeled; pommelled |
| you | pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | pommeled; pommelled |
| we | pommeled; pommelled |
| you | pommeled; pommelled |
| they | pommeled; pommelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pommeled; pommelled |
| you | had pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | had pommeled; pommelled |
| we | had pommeled; pommelled |
| you | had pommeled; pommelled |
| they | had pommeled; pommelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pommel |
| you | would pommel |
| he;she;it | would pommel |
| we | would pommel |
| you | would pommel |
| they | would pommel |
Perfect
| I | would have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | would have pommeled; pommelled |
| he;she;it | would have pommeled; pommelled |
| we | would have pommeled; pommelled |
| you | would have pommeled; pommelled |
| they | would have pommeled; pommelled |
Imperative
| you | pommel |
| we | Let's pommel |
| you | pommel |
Verbs conjugated like 'pommel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pommel'
pummel,
bepommel,
compel,
hummel,
pome,
wammel,
amel,
bowel,
comber,
come,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- punch
- pummel, pound, strike, thwack, wallop, belt, trounce, thrash
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla. See: Swedish '
pumla'.
Sample Sentences
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The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection! [1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:]
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I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden. [1851, Herman Melville, “37”, in Moby Dick:]
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I began to fight him, pommeling him with my fists, screaming at him, all the while he was yelling, “Dani, it's me, Dani, it's your brother. It's Yoram.” [2012, Dan Alon, Munich Memoir:]