catfished
- 1Simple past and past participle of catfish.
He realized he had been catfished only after sending money to the account.
The documentary follows several people who were catfished by the same con artist.
Note
One spelling does double duty: simple past (she catfished him for months) and past participle after have or be. Two verbs share it. The angler's verb takes no object (they catfished all afternoon), so it has no passive. The internet-slang verb, to deceive someone with a fake online profile, takes a victim. That is why was catfished or had been catfished can tell the story from the deceived person's side.
catfished is a form of catfish
catfish, verb: To deceive someone by creating and running a fake online profile, usually to build a false relationship. Full entry
- Forms
- catfishcatfishes he/she/itcatfishing -ing formcatfished past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- catfish → catfished: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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