Past tense of mangle
regular verb
The past tense of mangle is mangled. The past participle is also mangled.
Forms of mangle
| Base form (V1) | mangle /ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mangled /ˈmæŋɡəld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | mangled /ˈmæŋɡəld/ |
| Present participle | mangling |
| Third person singular | mangles |
Mangled in a sentence
- Beethoven is probably turning in his grave at the way that rock group mangled his Ninth Symphony.From the entry turn in one's grave
- When I paged up or down, the text would sometimes get mangled and duplicated.From the entry page up
- He took a mangled roll-up from behind his ear and lit it.2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry roll-up
- He held out a severely mangled hand, with clawed, yellowish nails.2012, Andrew Vachss, Blackjack: A Cross Novel. From the entry toadish
- What satirist could then top Texas Republican Joe Barton's coerced, linguistically mangled fauxpology?2010 June 23, Ruth Marcus, “The Gulf oil disaster: when bad things happen to bad companies”, in The Seattle Times. From the entry fauxpology
Meaning of mangle
- verb To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
- verb To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- noun A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
Questions about the past tense of mangle
- What is the past tense of mangle?
- The past tense of mangle is mangled.
- What is the past participle of mangle?
- The past participle of mangle is mangled.
- Is mangle a regular or irregular verb?
- Mangle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mangle (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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