Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to despair
Participle: despaired
Gerund: despairing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | despair |
| you | despair |
| he;she;it | despairs |
| we | despair |
| you | despair |
| they | despair |
Perfect
| I | have despaired |
| you | have despaired |
| he;she;it | has despaired |
| we | have despaired |
| you | have despaired |
| they | have despaired |
Past
| I | despaired |
| you | despaired |
| he;she;it | despaired |
| we | despaired |
| you | despaired |
| they | despaired |
Pluperfect
| I | had despaired |
| you | had despaired |
| he;she;it | had despaired |
| we | had despaired |
| you | had despaired |
| they | had despaired |
Future
| I | will despair |
| you | will despair |
| he;she;it | will despair |
| we | will despair |
| you | will despair |
| they | will despair |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | despair |
| you | despair |
| he;she;it | despair |
| we | despair |
| you | despair |
| they | despair |
Perfect
| I | have despaired |
| you | have despaired |
| he;she;it | have despaired |
| we | have despaired |
| you | have despaired |
| they | have despaired |
Imperfect
| I | despaired |
| you | despaired |
| he;she;it | despaired |
| we | despaired |
| you | despaired |
| they | despaired |
Pluperfect
| I | had despaired |
| you | had despaired |
| he;she;it | had despaired |
| we | had despaired |
| you | had despaired |
| they | had despaired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would despair |
| you | would despair |
| he;she;it | would despair |
| we | would despair |
| you | would despair |
| they | would despair |
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 |
Imperative
| you | despair |
| we | Let's despair |
| you | despair |
Verbs conjugated like 'despair'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'despair'
dispair,
deair,
dehair,
despam,
despawn,
despoil,
destain,
empair,
mispair,
repair,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from O.Fr.
desperer "lose hope, despair," from L.
desperare "to despair," from
de- "without" +
sperare "to hope," from
spes "hope" (see speed). Noun replaced native
wanhope.
2. From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin dēspērō, dēspērāre), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate. Displaced native Old English ormōdnes (“despair”) and Old English ortrīewan (“to despair”). See: Latin '
despero'.
Sample Sentences
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I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. [1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:]
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I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. [1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:]
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Thinking of what I was despairing about despaired me further [2019, Tim Dee, Landfill:]
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We despaired even of life. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 1:8:]