pamper – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pamper

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pamper
Participle: pampered
Gerund: pampering

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of pamper

Indicative

Present

Ipamper
youpamper
he;she;itpampers
wepamper
youpamper
theypamper

Perfect

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

Past

Ipampered
youpampered
he;she;itpampered
wepampered
youpampered
theypampered

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ipamper
youpamper
he;she;itpamper
wepamper
youpamper
theypamper

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ipampered
youpampered
he;she;itpampered
wepampered
youpampered
theypampered

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpamper
weLet's pamper
youpamper

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pamper'

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 'pamper'

hamper, paper, tamper, vamper, amber, bumper, camber, caper, clamper, dampen,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to treat as a pet
pet
treat gently
coddle
to treat like a pet
cosset
to pamper
chuckle, pettle
to treat with fondness
dandle, fondle
pamper
posset
transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, posset
foo
nustle
to treat gently or with great care
chuckle, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, make much, nustle, pettle, posset, tidder
spoil
baby, coddle, gratify, humor, indulge

Antonyms

spoil
improve, enrich, better, replenish

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1380, "to cram with food," probably from M.Du. (cf. W.Flem. pamperen "cram with food, overindulge;" dial. Ger. pampen "to cram"), probably from freq. of base of pap (q.v.). Meaning "to overindulge" first attested 1530.
2. From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er.
3. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”). See: German, old spelling 'pampfen', Danish 'pampe'.

Verbs referencing "pamper"

Dutch pamperen.

Sample Sentences

  • And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. [1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:]