despairing: verb conjugation and noun forms

Superlative and Comparative Forms of despairing     

Positive

despairing

Conjugation of the verb despair[dɪsˈpɛə], regular     

not despair
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I despair
you despair
he/she/it despairs
we despair
you despair
they despair

Present Continuous

I am despairing
you are despairing
he/she/it is despairing
we are despairing
you are despairing
they are despairing

Present Perfect

I have despaired
you have despaired
he/she/it has despaired
we have despaired
you have despaired
they have despaired

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been despairing
you have been despairing
he/she/it has been despairing
we have been despairing
you have been despairing
they have been despairing

Past Indefinite

I despaired
you despaired
he/she/it despaired
we despaired
you despaired
they despaired

Past Continuous

I was despairing
you were despairing
he/she/it was despairing
we were despairing
you were despairing
they were despairing

Past Perfect

I had despaired
you had despaired
he/she/it had despaired
we had despaired
you had despaired
they had despaired

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been despairing
you had been despairing
he/she/it had been despairing
we had been despairing
you had been despairing
they had been despairing

Future Indefinite

I will despair
you will despair
he/she/it will despair
we will despair
you will despair
they will despair

Future Continuous

I will be despairing
you will be despairing
he/she/it 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/she/it 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/she/it will have been despairing
we will have been despairing
you will have been despairing
they will have been despairing

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't despair
you don't despair
he/she/it doesn't despair
we don't despair
you don't despair
they don't despair

Present Continuous

I am not despairing
you aren't despairing
he/she/it isn't despairing
we aren't despairing
you aren't despairing
they aren't despairing

Present Perfect

I haven't despaired
you haven't despaired
he/she/it hasn't despaired
we haven't despaired
you haven't despaired
they haven't despaired

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been despairing
you haven't been despairing
he/she/it hasn't been despairing
we haven't been despairing
you haven't been despairing
they haven't been despairing

Past Indefinite

I didn't despair
you didn't despair
he/she/it didn't despair
we didn't despair
you didn't despair
they didn't despair

Past Continuous

I wasn't despairing
you weren't despairing
he/she/it wasn't despairing
we weren't despairing
you weren't despairing
they weren't despairing

Past Perfect

I hadn't despaired
you hadn't despaired
he/she/it hadn't despaired
we hadn't despaired
you hadn't despaired
they hadn't despaired

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been despairing
you hadn't been despairing
he/she/it hadn't been despairing
we hadn't been despairing
you hadn't been despairing
they hadn't been despairing

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't despair
you won't despair
he/she/it won't despair
we shan't / won't despair
you won't despair
they won't despair

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be despairing
you won't be despairing
he/she/it won't be despairing
we shan't / won't be despairing
you won't be despairing
they won't be despairing

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have despaired
you won't have despaired
he/she/it won't have despaired
we shan't / won't have despaired
you won't have despaired
they won't have despaired

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been despairing
you won't have been despairing
he/she/it won't have been despairing
we shan't / won't have been despairing
you won't have been despairing
they won't have been despairing

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would despair
you would despair
he/she/it would despair
we would despair
you would despair
they would despair

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be despairing
you would be despairing
he/she/it would be despairing
we would be despairing
you would be despairing
they would be despairing

Conditional Perfect

I would have despaired
you would have despaired
he/she/it would have despaired
we would have despaired
you would have despaired
they would have despaired

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been despairing
you would have been despairing
he/she/it would have been despairing
we would have been despairing
you would have been despairing
they would have been despairing

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't despair
you wouldn't despair
he/she/it wouldn't despair
we wouldn't despair
you wouldn't despair
they wouldn't despair

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be despairing
you wouldn't be despairing
he/she/it wouldn't be despairing
we wouldn't be despairing
you wouldn't be despairing
they wouldn't be despairing

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have despaired
you wouldn't have despaired
he/she/it wouldn't have despaired
we wouldn't have despaired
you wouldn't have despaired
they wouldn't have despaired

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been despairing
you wouldn't have been despairing
he/she/it wouldn't have been despairing
we wouldn't have been despairing
you wouldn't have been despairing
they wouldn't have been despairing

Participles

Present

despairing

Past

despaired

Infinitives

Infinitives

to despair
to have despaired
to be despairing
to have been despairing
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