Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fulminate
Participle: fulminated
Gerund: fulminating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fulminate |
| you | fulminate |
| he;she;it | fulminates |
| we | fulminate |
| you | fulminate |
| they | fulminate |
Perfect
| I | have fulminated |
| you | have fulminated |
| he;she;it | has fulminated |
| we | have fulminated |
| you | have fulminated |
| they | have fulminated |
Past
| I | fulminated |
| you | fulminated |
| he;she;it | fulminated |
| we | fulminated |
| you | fulminated |
| they | fulminated |
Pluperfect
| I | had fulminated |
| you | had fulminated |
| he;she;it | had fulminated |
| we | had fulminated |
| you | had fulminated |
| they | had fulminated |
Future
| I | will fulminate |
| you | will fulminate |
| he;she;it | will fulminate |
| we | will fulminate |
| you | will fulminate |
| they | will fulminate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fulminated |
| you | will have fulminated |
| he;she;it | will have fulminated |
| we | will have fulminated |
| you | will have fulminated |
| they | will have fulminated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fulminate |
| you | fulminate |
| he;she;it | fulminate |
| we | fulminate |
| you | fulminate |
| they | fulminate |
Perfect
| I | have fulminated |
| you | have fulminated |
| he;she;it | have fulminated |
| we | have fulminated |
| you | have fulminated |
| they | have fulminated |
Imperfect
| I | fulminated |
| you | fulminated |
| he;she;it | fulminated |
| we | fulminated |
| you | fulminated |
| they | fulminated |
Pluperfect
| I | had fulminated |
| you | had fulminated |
| he;she;it | had fulminated |
| we | had fulminated |
| you | had fulminated |
| they | had fulminated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fulminate |
| you | would fulminate |
| he;she;it | would fulminate |
| we | would fulminate |
| you | would fulminate |
| they | would fulminate |
Perfect
| I | would have fulminated |
| you | would have fulminated |
| he;she;it | would have fulminated |
| we | would have fulminated |
| you | would have fulminated |
| they | would have fulminated |
Imperative
| you | fulminate |
| we | Let's fulminate |
| you | fulminate |
Verbs conjugated like 'fulminate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fulminate'
culminate,
fulmine,
fumigate,
luminate,
ruminate,
abominate,
acuminate,
aminate,
brominate,
burinate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1450, "publish a 'thundering' denunciation," from L. fulminatus, pp. of fulminare "hurl lightning, lighten," from fulmen (gen. fulminis) "lightning," related to fulgere "to shine, flash" (see phlegm). Metaphoric sense (the original sense in Eng.) is via its use in reference to a formal ecclesiastical censure.
2. Inherited from Middle English fulminaten, borrowed from Latin fulminātus, perfect passive participle of fulminō (“to lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.
Sample Sentences
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In short, the criticism which the great lexicographer fulminated against an unfortunate author, seems to have been adopted by the profession as applicable to everything under the sun […] [1855, William Neilson, Mesmerism in its relation to health and disease, page 46:]
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To be sure, Trump has fulminated on Twitter against the judges who rebuffed him. But his tirades have earned him a reprimand––if a brief, vague one––from his own Supreme Court nominee. [2017 February 15, Peter Beinart, “American Institutions Are Fighting Back Against Trump”, in The Atlantic:]
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They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. [1842, Thomas De Quincey, “Cicero”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:]
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While they were the opposition, Democrats fulminated that the Republicans were so deep in the pockets of Big Pharma that they wouldn’t even let the government negotiate lower drug prices. [2007 January 21, David Brooks, “Mr. Chips Goes to Congress”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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the present owners couldn't afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines. [2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 235:]