muff – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of muff

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to muff
Participle: muffed
Gerund: muffing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Imuff
youmuff
he;she;itmuffs
wemuff
youmuff
theymuff

Perfect

Ihave muffed
youhave muffed
he;she;ithas muffed
wehave muffed
youhave muffed
theyhave muffed

Past

Imuffed
youmuffed
he;she;itmuffed
wemuffed
youmuffed
theymuffed

Pluperfect

Ihad muffed
youhad muffed
he;she;ithad muffed
wehad muffed
youhad muffed
theyhad muffed

Future

Iwill muff
youwill muff
he;she;itwill muff
wewill muff
youwill muff
theywill muff

Future Perfect

Iwill have muffed
youwill have muffed
he;she;itwill have muffed
wewill have muffed
youwill have muffed
theywill have muffed

Subjunctive

Present

Imuff
youmuff
he;she;itmuff
wemuff
youmuff
theymuff

Perfect

Ihave muffed
youhave muffed
he;she;ithave muffed
wehave muffed
youhave muffed
theyhave muffed

Imperfect

Imuffed
youmuffed
he;she;itmuffed
wemuffed
youmuffed
theymuffed

Pluperfect

Ihad muffed
youhad muffed
he;she;ithad muffed
wehad muffed
youhad muffed
theyhad muffed

Conditional

Present

Iwould muff
youwould muff
he;she;itwould muff
wewould muff
youwould muff
theywould muff

Perfect

Iwould have muffed
youwould have muffed
he;she;itwould have muffed
wewould have muffed
youwould have muffed
theywould have muffed

Imperative

youmuff
weLet's muff
youmuff

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam muffing
youare muffing
he;she;itis muffing
weare muffing
youare muffing
theyare muffing

Perfect

Ihave been muffing
youhave been muffing
he;she;ithas been muffing
wehave been muffing
youhave been muffing
theyhave been muffing

Past

Iwas muffing
youwere muffing
he;she;itwas muffing
wewere muffing
youwere muffing
theywere muffing

Pluperfect

Ihad been muffing
youhad been muffing
he;she;ithad been muffing
wehad been muffing
youhad been muffing
theyhad been muffing

Future

Iwill be muffing
youwill be muffing
he;she;itwill be muffing
wewill be muffing
youwill be muffing
theywill be muffing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been muffing
youwill have been muffing
he;she;itwill have been muffing
wewill have been muffing
youwill have been muffing
theywill have been muffing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be muffing
youwould be muffing
he;she;itwould be muffing
wewould be muffing
youwould be muffing
theywould be muffing

Perfect

Iwould have been muffing
youwould have been muffing
he;she;itwould have been muffing
wewould have been muffing
youwould have been muffing
theywould have been muffing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'muff'

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 'muff'

buff, cuff, duff, fuff, guff, huff, luff, miff, puff, ruff,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drop
fumble, bumble, blow, louse, miss

Antonyms

drop
rise, soar, recover, rally

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above; or perhaps related to Dutch muffen (“to dote”) and German muffen (“to sulk”).

Sample Sentences

  • But then, supposing this was the real sign? … They had muffed three already; they daren’t muff the fourth. [1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair:]
  • Here was the superlative opportunity to make a generous and lasting settlement from a position of strength; but the pieds noirs, like the Israelis, and from not altogether dissimilar motives, were to muff it. [1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 69:]