Past tense of molest
regular verb
The past tense of molest is molested. The past participle is also molested.
Forms of molest
| Base form (V1) | molest /məˈlɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | molested |
| Past participle (V3) | molested |
| Present participle | molesting |
| Third person singular | molests |
Molested in a sentence
- That afternoon, just three hours earlier, his younger sister, Gina, had been molested, debauched, as she crossed a children's playground in the park.1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2022
- There also is mad Becky Wells, the laughtersome comedian who molested Mrs.1909, Walter Sydney Sichel, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire, Sheridan. From the entry laughtersome
Meaning of molest
- verb To sexually assault or sexually harass.
- verb To annoy, trouble, or afflict.
- verb To disturb or tamper with.
Questions about the past tense of molest
- What is the past tense of molest?
- The past tense of molest is molested.
- What is the past participle of molest?
- The past participle of molest is molested.
- Is molest a regular or irregular verb?
- Molest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: molest (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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