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Past tense of cuddle

regular verb

The past tense of cuddle is cuddled. The past participle is also cuddled.

Forms of cuddle

Base form (V1)cuddle /ˈkʌd.l̩/
Past tense (V2)cuddled
Past participle (V3)cuddled
Present participlecuddling
Third person singularcuddles

Cuddled in a sentence

  • The young lovers cuddled on the couch.
  • She cuddled the infant before bedtime.
  • I was a happy little vegemite that night as we cuddled up in bed.2003, Barry Crocker, The Adventures of Barry Crocker: Bazza, page 285. From the entry happy little vegemite
  • And kids cuddled up with teddy bears instead of with Simba, the Lion King.1995 December 26, Surabhi Avasthi, “When the movie never ends that's entertoyment”, in New York Daily News. From the entry entertoyment
  • Then Sonny can climb onto Mamma’s lap to be cuddled and rocked again.1976 January 6, Abigail Van Buren [pseudonym; Pauline Phillips], “Dear Abby: More on Back-seat Mothers-in-law”, in The Daily Freeman…. From the entry mamma's boy

Meaning of cuddle

  1. noun An intimate physical embrace, typically while lying (or sitting): a snuggle, an instance of lying together snugly, as one might with a partner (more intimate than a hug, and typically of longer duration).
  2. noun An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).
  3. verb To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

Full definition of cuddle

Questions about the past tense of cuddle

What is the past tense of cuddle?
The past tense of cuddle is cuddled.
What is the past participle of cuddle?
The past participle of cuddle is cuddled.
Is cuddle a regular or irregular verb?
Cuddle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuddle (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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