Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shrug off
Participle: shruged off; shrugged off
Gerund: shruging off; shrugging off
Indicative
Present
| I | shrug off |
| you | shrug off |
| he;she;it | shrugs off |
| we | shrug off |
| you | shrug off |
| they | shrug off |
Perfect
| I | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | has shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | have shruged off; shrugged off |
Past
| I | shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | shruged off; shrugged off |
Pluperfect
| I | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | had shruged off; shrugged off |
Future
| I | will shrug off |
| you | will shrug off |
| he;she;it | will shrug off |
| we | will shrug off |
| you | will shrug off |
| they | will shrug off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | will have shruged off; shrugged off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shrug off |
| you | shrug off |
| he;she;it | shrug off |
| we | shrug off |
| you | shrug off |
| they | shrug off |
Perfect
| I | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | have shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | have shruged off; shrugged off |
Imperfect
| I | shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | shruged off; shrugged off |
Pluperfect
| I | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | had shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | had shruged off; shrugged off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shrug off |
| you | would shrug off |
| he;she;it | would shrug off |
| we | would shrug off |
| you | would shrug off |
| they | would shrug off |
Perfect
| I | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
| he;she;it | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
| we | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
| you | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
| they | would have shruged off; shrugged off |
Imperative
| you | shrug off |
| we | Let's shrug off |
| you | shrug off |
Verbs conjugated like 'shrug'
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 'shrug'
shrub,
shug,
sprug,
chug,
drug,
frug,
hug,
rug,
scrag,
scrub,
Synonyms & Antonyms
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
1. c.1400,
schurgyng, of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to Dan.
skrugge "to stoop, crouch." The noun is first recorded 1594. To
shrug (something) off "dismiss" is recorded from 1909.
2. From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrinkwaną', Old English '
scrincan'.
Sample Sentences
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A black friend of the black driver is sitting on a fence. The black driver recognises him by twirling his head round and round like a harlequin, rolling his eyes, shrugging his shoulders, and grinning from ear to ear. He stops short, turns to me, and says:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] such a perfect sense of time, such a clear, untroubled head, such exact accuracy in remembering every prescription and direction of the doctors,—she was everything to him. They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses, so unlike the careless freedom of southern manners, acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)