Transitive Verbs Ending in TEN and Containing TE

Browse 65 valid English transitive verbs ending in TEN and containing TE, from Threaten, Kitten, Soften, Tighten, Frighten, Straighten and Shorten to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our verb grammar guide to study direct object patterns and examples.

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Starts with A
1 words
affrighten
Starts with B
3 words
brighten
batten
britten
Starts with C
3 words
christen
chasten
copperfasten
Starts with D
2 words
dishearten
disquieten
Starts with E
7 words
enlighten
enhearten
embrighten
ensweeten
enchasten
enfasten
engreaten
Starts with F
6 words
frighten
flatten
fasten
fatten
foreshorten
feasten
Starts with G
2 words
greaten
guesten
Starts with H
4 words
heighten
handwritten
hasten
hearten
Starts with K
1 words
kitten
Starts with L
2 words
lighten
laten
Starts with M
1 words
moisten
Starts with N
1 words
neaten
Starts with O
3 words
overtighten
oversweeten
outsweeten
Starts with P
2 words
premoisten
presweeten
Starts with Q
1 words
quieten
Starts with R
9 words
rechristen
refasten
relisten
retighten
remoisten
righten
reshorten
resoften
ratten
Starts with S
10 words
soften
straighten
shorten
smitten
sweeten
smarten
stouten
straiten
salten
sighten
Starts with T
3 words
threaten
tighten
tauten
Starts with U
2 words
unfasten
unchristen
Starts with W
2 words
whiten
weeten

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