This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.
Cold-shoulder is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she cold-shoulderred to the store."
No. Use "did not cold-shoulder" (not "did not cold-shoulderred").
The verb cold-shoulder follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, cold-shoulder becomes cold-shoulderred. This follows the Consonant Doubling pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.
Understanding why cold-shoulder becomes cold-shoulderred helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.
When using cold-shoulderred in writing, remember that it functions as a past tense verb and typically appears with time markers like yesterday, last week, or ago. For example: "Yesterday, she cold-shoulderred to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I cold-shoulderred, you cold-shoulderred, he/she cold-shoulderred, we cold-shoulderred, they cold-shoulderred.