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Past tense of frizz

regular verb

The past tense of frizz is frizzed. The past participle is also frizzed.

Forms of frizz

Base form (V1)frizz /fɹɪz/
Past tense (V2)frizzed
Past participle (V3)frizzed
Present participlefrizzing
Third person singularfrizzes

Frizzed in a sentence

  • Webs made from them had to be frizzed or cottoned.1985, Eric Kerridge, Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry cotton
  • Fayne in the photograph had a fringe, hair frizzed over hidden ears, sleeves over-ornate, the whole thing out of keeping.1981, Hilda Doolittle, HERmione, page 155. From the entry fringe

Meaning of frizz

  1. verb Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
  2. verb To curl; to make frizzy.
  3. verb To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

Full definition of frizz

Questions about the past tense of frizz

What is the past tense of frizz?
The past tense of frizz is frizzed.
What is the past participle of frizz?
The past participle of frizz is frizzed.
Is frizz a regular or irregular verb?
Frizz is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frizz (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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