kissed
/kɪst/
kissed is the simple past and past participle of kiss.
Meaning of kiss
Verb
kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed or (obsolete) kist)
- To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
- The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.
- Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
- We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true1990, Norell Oson Bard, “Kissing in the Moonlight”performed by The Boppers
- To treat with fondness.
Words formed from kissed
Phrases with kissed
- kissed up
- kissed ass
- kissed off
- kissed out
- kissed arse
- soul kissed
- kissed hands
- kissed up to
- French kissed
- tongue kissed
- freedom kissed
- kissed goodbye
16 more phrasesFewer phrases
- kissed the rod
- kissed and told
- kissed the book
- kissed the dust
- kissed the ring
- never been kissed
- kissed and made up
- kissed one's teeth
- kissed someone's ass
- kissed someone's hem
- kissed someone's arse
- kissed someone's ring
- kissed someone on the dick
- kissed the gunner's daughter
- kissed on the dick by a fairy
- kissed the hem of someone's garment
Words that rhyme with kissed
43 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frist
- insist
- Liszt
- piste
- tryst
- agist
- consist
- dismissed
- encyst
- hist
- pissed
- sist
- tier list
- trist
- whist
- wrist
- absist
- atwist
- bist
- cist
- coexist
- contrist
- cyst
- delist
- demist
- desist
- dissed
- dream list
- exist
- fair list
- get one's knickers in a twist
- glissed
- hissed
- is't
- ist
- missed
- rankist
- schist
- triste
- unlist
- ventriloquist
- wist
- xyst
Questions about kissed
- What is kissed the simple past and past participle of?
- Kissed is the simple past and past participle of kiss.
- How do you pronounce kissed?
- Kissed is pronounced /kɪst/.
Words near kissed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kissed (page history and authors); kiss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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