Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scumble
Participle: scumbled
Gerund: scumbling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | scumble |
| you | scumble |
| he;she;it | scumbles |
| we | scumble |
| you | scumble |
| they | scumble |
Perfect
| I | have scumbled |
| you | have scumbled |
| he;she;it | has scumbled |
| we | have scumbled |
| you | have scumbled |
| they | have scumbled |
Past
| I | scumbled |
| you | scumbled |
| he;she;it | scumbled |
| we | scumbled |
| you | scumbled |
| they | scumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scumbled |
| you | had scumbled |
| he;she;it | had scumbled |
| we | had scumbled |
| you | had scumbled |
| they | had scumbled |
Future
| I | will scumble |
| you | will scumble |
| he;she;it | will scumble |
| we | will scumble |
| you | will scumble |
| they | will scumble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scumbled |
| you | will have scumbled |
| he;she;it | will have scumbled |
| we | will have scumbled |
| you | will have scumbled |
| they | will have scumbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scumble |
| you | scumble |
| he;she;it | scumble |
| we | scumble |
| you | scumble |
| they | scumble |
Perfect
| I | have scumbled |
| you | have scumbled |
| he;she;it | have scumbled |
| we | have scumbled |
| you | have scumbled |
| they | have scumbled |
Imperfect
| I | scumbled |
| you | scumbled |
| he;she;it | scumbled |
| we | scumbled |
| you | scumbled |
| they | scumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scumbled |
| you | had scumbled |
| he;she;it | had scumbled |
| we | had scumbled |
| you | had scumbled |
| they | had scumbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scumble |
| you | would scumble |
| he;she;it | would scumble |
| we | would scumble |
| you | would scumble |
| they | would scumble |
Perfect
| I | would have scumbled |
| you | would have scumbled |
| he;she;it | would have scumbled |
| we | would have scumbled |
| you | would have scumbled |
| they | would have scumbled |
Imperative
| you | scumble |
| we | Let's scumble |
| you | scumble |
Verbs conjugated like 'scumble'
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 'scumble'
scamble,
stumble,
bumble,
chumble,
crumble,
cumbre,
drumble,
fumble,
grumble,
humble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le.
Sample Sentences
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manure [...] dead leaves [...] and the odd unstomachable meal thrown or vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean—all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an impasto, feet thick, of unbelievable topsoil in which anything could grow [1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:]
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I want you to scumble the bottom third with sap green. [1987, Bernard MacLaverty, short story. "The Drapery Man" (published in The Great Profumo and Other Stories, Jonathan Cape, 1987) - p.35]
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The moon was brilliant, the path a track of scumbled footprints in the snow, the air cutting and cold. [2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:]
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"Also —" indicating with the flat of his thumb the too-bright shine coming off the canvas: overly varnished.
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"I agree. And here —" tracing midair the ugly arc where an over-eager cleaning had scrubbed the paint down to the scumbling. [2013, Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch:]
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scumbled pine