MEANING
To develop or cause an open sore through breakdown of the skin or a mucous surface.
Use it for
Progressive tissue destruction; a wound worsening over days; fragile diseased surfacesShow deterioration as a process, not a static grotesque adjective.
Words that belong together
- ulcerated skin
- ulcerate at the edges
- ulcerating lesion
On the page
The skin began to ulcerate around the implant.
By the second night, the lesion had ulcerated.
Friction caused the thin tissue to ulcerate beneath the strap.
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Word forms
- Base
- ulcerate / ulcerates
- Past tense
- ulcerated
- Past participle
- ulcerated
- Present participle
- ulcerating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ulcerate / ulcerates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ulcerating
- Present perfect
- have/has ulcerated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ulcerating
- Past
- ulcerated
- Past continuous
- was/were ulcerating
- Past perfect
- had ulcerated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ulcerating
- Future
- will ulcerate / ulcerates
- Future continuous
- will be ulcerating
- Future perfect
- will have ulcerated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ulcerating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. An ulcer is not merely a rash or blister. Clinical but useful when damage progresses from a mark to an open wound. Verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: ulcerate, ulcerates, ulcerated, ulcerated, ulcerating. Derived/related family (not inflections): ulceration (noun), ulcerative (adjective).
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