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

I	muff
you	muff
he;she;it	muffs
we	muff
you	muff
they	muff

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

you	muff
we	Let's muff
you	muff

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

I	would have been muffing
you	would have been muffing
he;she;it	would have been muffing
we	would have been muffing
you	would have been muffing
they	would 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:]