Verb conjugation

Conjugate To despair in English

Regular verb
despair, despaired, despaired

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I despair
  • you despair
  • he despairs
  • we despair
  • you despair
  • they despair

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am despairing
  • you are despairing
  • he is despairing
  • we are despairing
  • you are despairing
  • they are despairing

Past (simple)

  • I despaired
  • you despaired
  • he despaired
  • we despaired
  • you despaired
  • they despaired

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was despairing
  • you were despairing
  • he was despairing
  • we were despairing
  • you were despairing
  • they were despairing

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have despaired
  • you have despaired
  • he has despaired
  • we have despaired
  • you have despaired
  • they have despaired

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been despairing
  • you have been despairing
  • he has been despairing
  • we have been despairing
  • you have been despairing
  • they have been despairing

Past perfect

  • I had despaired
  • you had despaired
  • he had despaired
  • we had despaired
  • you had despaired
  • they had despaired

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been despairing
  • you had been despairing
  • he had been despairing
  • we had been despairing
  • you had been despairing
  • they had been despairing

Future

  • I will despair
  • you will despair
  • he will despair
  • we will despair
  • you will despair
  • they will despair

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be despairing
  • you will be despairing
  • he will be despairing
  • we will be despairing
  • you will be despairing
  • they will be despairing

Future perfect

  • I will have despaired
  • you will have despaired
  • he will have despaired
  • we will have despaired
  • you will have despaired
  • they will have despaired

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been despairing
  • you will have been despairing
  • he will have been despairing
  • we will have been despairing
  • you will have been despairing
  • they will have been despairing

Conditional

Simple

  • I would despair
  • you would despair
  • he would despair
  • we would despair
  • you would despair
  • they would despair

Progressive

  • I would be despairing
  • you would be despairing
  • he would be despairing
  • we would be despairing
  • you would be despairing
  • they would be despairing

Perfect

  • I would have despaired
  • you would have despaired
  • he would have despaired
  • we would have despaired
  • you would have despaired
  • they would have despaired

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been despairing
  • you would have been despairing
  • he would have been despairing
  • we would have been despairing
  • you would have been despairing
  • they would have been despairing

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to despair

Imperative

Imperative

  • despair
  • Let's despair

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