To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Infinitivedespair
Past simpledespaired
Past participledespaired
-ing formdespairing
Full conjugation of the English verb to despair (past simple despaired,
past participle despaired):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
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 simple
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 simple
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
Conditional
Present
I
would despair
you
would despair
he/she/it
would despair
we
would despair
you
would despair
they
would despair
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
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
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
Subjunctive
Present
that I
despair
that you
despair
that he/she/it
despair
that we
despair
that you
despair
that they
despair
Past
if I
despaired
if you
despaired
if he/she/it
despaired
if we
despaired
if you
despaired
if they
despaired
Imperative
Affirmative
you
despair
we
let's despair
Negative
you
don't despair
we
let's not despair
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to despair
Perfect infinitive
to have despaired
Present participle / gerund
despairing
Past participle
despaired
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