despond – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of despond

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to despond
Participle: desponded
Gerund: desponding

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	despond
you	despond
he;she;it	desponds
we	despond
you	despond
they	despond

Perfect

I	have desponded
you	have desponded
he;she;it	has desponded
we	have desponded
you	have desponded
they	have desponded

Past

I	desponded
you	desponded
he;she;it	desponded
we	desponded
you	desponded
they	desponded

Pluperfect

I	had desponded
you	had desponded
he;she;it	had desponded
we	had desponded
you	had desponded
they	had desponded

Future

I	will despond
you	will despond
he;she;it	will despond
we	will despond
you	will despond
they	will despond

Future Perfect

I	will have desponded
you	will have desponded
he;she;it	will have desponded
we	will have desponded
you	will have desponded
they	will have desponded

Subjunctive

Present

I	despond
you	despond
he;she;it	despond
we	despond
you	despond
they	despond

Perfect

I	have desponded
you	have desponded
he;she;it	have desponded
we	have desponded
you	have desponded
they	have desponded

Imperfect

I	desponded
you	desponded
he;she;it	desponded
we	desponded
you	desponded
they	desponded

Pluperfect

I	had desponded
you	had desponded
he;she;it	had desponded
we	had desponded
you	had desponded
they	had desponded

Conditional

Present

I	would despond
you	would despond
he;she;it	would despond
we	would despond
you	would despond
they	would despond

Perfect

I	would have desponded
you	would have desponded
he;she;it	would have desponded
we	would have desponded
you	would have desponded
they	would have desponded

Imperative

you	despond
we	Let's despond
you	despond

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am desponding
you	are desponding
he;she;it	is desponding
we	are desponding
you	are desponding
they	are desponding

Perfect

I	have been desponding
you	have been desponding
he;she;it	has been desponding
we	have been desponding
you	have been desponding
they	have been desponding

Past

I	was desponding
you	were desponding
he;she;it	was desponding
we	were desponding
you	were desponding
they	were desponding

Pluperfect

I	had been desponding
you	had been desponding
he;she;it	had been desponding
we	had been desponding
you	had been desponding
they	had been desponding

Future

I	will be desponding
you	will be desponding
he;she;it	will be desponding
we	will be desponding
you	will be desponding
they	will be desponding

Future Perfect

I	will have been desponding
you	will have been desponding
he;she;it	will have been desponding
we	will have been desponding
you	will have been desponding
they	will have been desponding

Conditional

Present

I	would be desponding
you	would be desponding
he;she;it	would be desponding
we	would be desponding
you	would be desponding
they	would be desponding

Perfect

I	would have been desponding
you	would have been desponding
he;she;it	would have been desponding
we	would have been desponding
you	would have been desponding
they	would have been desponding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'despond'

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 'despond'

despend, respond, bespend, debond, depend, depone, desand, descend, despeed, despine,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

brood: mope, droop, despair, lament

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”).

Sample Sentences

[...] that they press into their service the outward imagining. Who shall measure what an all-pervading Spirit may do with these capabilities of our mortality, or the ways in which He may encourage the desponding souls of the desolate ? If the poor forgotten slave believes that Jesus hath appeared and spoken to him, who shall contradict him ? Did He not say that his mission, in all ages, was to bind up the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)