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forhush

forhush verb: to deride.

Verb

forhush (third-person singular simple present forhushes, present participle forhushing, simple past and past participle forhushed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deride.

Forms of forhush

third-person singular presentforhushes
present participleforhushing
past participleforhushed
pastforhushed

Origin of forhush

From Middle English forhuschen, equivalent to for- + Old English hysċan (“to jeer at, reproach; rail; revile”).

Questions about forhush

What does forhush mean?
Forhush means to deride.
What part of speech is forhush?
Forhush is a verb.
What is the past tense of forhush?
The past tense of forhush is forhushed.

Words near forhush in the dictionary

  1. forhow
  2. forhowed
  3. forhowing
  4. forhows
  5. forhungered
  6. forhush
  7. forhushes
  8. forinsec
  9. forint
  10. forints
  11. forirk

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