Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to womansplain
Participle: womansplained
Gerund: womansplaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | womansplain |
| you | womansplain |
| he;she;it | womansplains |
| we | womansplain |
| you | womansplain |
| they | womansplain |
Perfect
| I | have womansplained |
| you | have womansplained |
| he;she;it | has womansplained |
| we | have womansplained |
| you | have womansplained |
| they | have womansplained |
Past
| I | womansplained |
| you | womansplained |
| he;she;it | womansplained |
| we | womansplained |
| you | womansplained |
| they | womansplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had womansplained |
| you | had womansplained |
| he;she;it | had womansplained |
| we | had womansplained |
| you | had womansplained |
| they | had womansplained |
Future
| I | will womansplain |
| you | will womansplain |
| he;she;it | will womansplain |
| we | will womansplain |
| you | will womansplain |
| they | will womansplain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have womansplained |
| you | will have womansplained |
| he;she;it | will have womansplained |
| we | will have womansplained |
| you | will have womansplained |
| they | will have womansplained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | womansplain |
| you | womansplain |
| he;she;it | womansplain |
| we | womansplain |
| you | womansplain |
| they | womansplain |
Perfect
| I | have womansplained |
| you | have womansplained |
| he;she;it | have womansplained |
| we | have womansplained |
| you | have womansplained |
| they | have womansplained |
Imperfect
| I | womansplained |
| you | womansplained |
| he;she;it | womansplained |
| we | womansplained |
| you | womansplained |
| they | womansplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had womansplained |
| you | had womansplained |
| he;she;it | had womansplained |
| we | had womansplained |
| you | had womansplained |
| they | had womansplained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would womansplain |
| you | would womansplain |
| he;she;it | would womansplain |
| we | would womansplain |
| you | would womansplain |
| they | would womansplain |
Perfect
| I | would have womansplained |
| you | would have womansplained |
| he;she;it | would have womansplained |
| we | would have womansplained |
| you | would have womansplained |
| they | would have womansplained |
Imperative
| you | womansplain |
| we | Let's womansplain |
| you | womansplain |
Verbs conjugated like 'womansplain'
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 'womansplain'
mansplain,
momsplain,
complain,
femsplain,
whitesplain,
blacksplain,
cocaptain,
constrain,
cotransplant,
misplan,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From woman + -splain.
Sample Sentences
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To me, the “Blank Space” video is basically the Citizen Kane of ironic misandry, a fourth-wave feminist fad that Amanda Hess articulately womansplained in a Slate article a few months ago. [2014 December 16, Lindsay Zoladz, “The Music Club, 2014”, in Slate Magazine:]
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Then again, it might be appropriate after she 'womansplained' to him about the science behind magnets. [2018 July 4, James Draper, “Love Island fans can't believe Wes Nelson was primary school age in 2009”, in Mirror:]
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Had a man made this, he would have been womansplained into contrition. [2017 September 7, Lisa Schwarzbaum, “'Top of the Lake: China Girl' is Great TV Gone Very Bad”, in Newsweek:]
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And getting womansplained to about the fact that some undocumented immigrants are from South America (wow, crazy, who knew???) can't have helped either. [2017 September 8, Antonia Noori Farzan, “Six Things You Can Do Today to Help Arizona Dreamers Affected by the End of DACA”, in Phoenix New Times:]