thrown

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thrown

/θɹəʊn/ UK
/θɹoʊn/ US

Sounds like throne · Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran.

Morphologically throw + -n.

verb

participle, past past participle of throw

adjective

not comparable Launched by throwing. a thrown weapon
not comparable Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
not comparable, slang Confused; perplexed. I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: down, tangled, cast, dropped, set, scattered, fired, shed, whacked, lost, projected, drawn, away, confused, surprised, put

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"thrown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thrown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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Chicago

"thrown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thrown.

BibTeX

@misc{thrown_2026,
  title = {thrown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thrown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}