Past tense of clutter
regular verb
The past tense of clutter is cluttered. The past participle is also cluttered.
Forms of clutter
| Base form (V1) | clutter /ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cluttered /ˈklʌtɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cluttered /ˈklʌtɚd/ |
| Present participle | cluttering |
| Third person singular | clutters |
Cluttered in a sentence
- The desk was cluttered with papers and books, making it hard to concentrate.From the entry desk
- The hotel lobby was cluttered up with furniture.From the entry clutter up
- The veranda, cluttered with waders, boots, rods and tackle, is where the fishing day begins.2015 April 2, Tom Fort, “Trout fishing in Chilean Patagonia [print version: Gone fishing – and waking up in heaven, 4 April 2015, p. T6]”…. From the entry piscatorial
- A cluttered virtual desktop is as bad as a cluttered physical desktop.2011, Adam Pash, Gina Trapani, Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better. From the entry lolcat
- In a cluttered study Lincoln sits in shirtsleeves and slippers, at work on the document.2007, Darrel E. Bigham, Lincoln, Race, and Slavery. From the entry shirtsleeves
Meaning of clutter
- noun A confused disordered jumble of things.
- noun Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
- noun Clatter; confused noise.
Questions about the past tense of clutter
- What is the past tense of clutter?
- The past tense of clutter is cluttered.
- What is the past participle of clutter?
- The past participle of clutter is cluttered.
- Is clutter a regular or irregular verb?
- Clutter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clutter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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